Vienna, Austria

About three weeks ago the group of students I'm living with in Salzburg and I got to visit Vienna for the weekend. Vienna is the capital of Austria and, unlike Salzburg, it is more of a city than a town. We went out on a small city tour as soon as we got there on Friday and afterwards a group of friends and I did some serious shopping (uhhh forever 21 and 3 h&m's...sorry mom). Rachael, Donna, and I got dinner at "momma's kitchen" and had authentic Austrian food - you can't ever go wrong with schnitzel and wine, let's be honest. The next day we visited the Art History Museum and walked around the open air market. I found lavender dark chocolate, yes, its a thing and it was absolutely amazing. We found a sushi restaurant at the market so we went back at night for dinner and, since it was all girls, we had a blast. Our last day we visited Schönbrunn Palace and wow, these royals sure know how to live life extravagantly. 

I want a palace now, but in the meantime, enjoy these pictassss. 

 SalzburgSquad

Rache and Donna

From left to right: Stephanie, Rachael, Katherine, Jack, Drew, Sarah, CJ, Donna, Tyler, Me & Sarah :)

xo, albs

Hallstatt, Austria

Hallstatt is a village in Upper Austria, a two hour ride away from Salzburg. The town is built on the very edge of the lake making it absolutely beautiful from every single angle you look at it. About two miles north past Hallstatt, the Dachstein ice caves are located up on a mountain. I got to take a gondola up the mountain, along with people from my study abroad group, and the view was spectacular. We had to hike up the mountain a little to get to the ice caves. The cave is mostly built underground and there were some pretty big ice chunks and the ground was covered with 5 meter thick ice. Cool experience. 

We drove back to Hallstatt and had dinner/ the best pastries ever and then headed out to the Lammerklam Gorge which is located in between Salzburg & Hallstatt. This definitely is high up on my "coolest places visited" list. A river runs in-between large limestone rocks and the water is ridiculously clear. We hiked down to the water and the view was amazing. The whole stretch of the river is about 1.5 kilometers and there are stairs built along the river and a bridge to cross from one side to another. 

I love Austria and all it's hidden gems. 

hike up to the ice caves

Dachstein ice caves

the girrlls

selfies

SCHNITZEL! 

I promise Sarah really likes me

usual

Lammerklamm Gorge

 

thats my roommie

xo, albs