MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 13 – December 18 2016 The flight options from Munich left us with either an 8 hour layover in Dublin or a 24 hour layover, so we decided to take the day to get a glimpse of the city we were sure to visit again. …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 12 – December 17 2016 A *bit* hungover, we packed our stuff and got on a train back to Munich. We were staying a few stops out of the city center to go to a concert of Mike’s favorite band, Iced Earth. After dropping our …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 11 – December 16 2016 We didn’t have anything planned for the day and after all the public transportation from the previous day, we decided to stay in town. After a tasty breakfast at Café Bazar, we made our way up to the Salzburg fortress …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 10 – December 15 2016 We woke up early for our trip to Zell Am See, a small town an hour and a half from Salzburg at the base of Alps with multiple skiing resorts. We had taken the tram from the Salzburg train station …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 9 – December 14 2016 The original plan for this day was to go skiing and snowboarding but after our late night, we decided to push that back another day. Instead, we decided to explore the city. We started at the Christmas markets for a …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 8 – December 13 2016 We woke up early to begin our 2.5 hour train ride to Salzburg. The train from Munich to Salzburg has some amazing sights as it cuts through green hills sprinkled with a few tiny, pastel-colored towns. Inside the inter-city (ICE) …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 7 – December 12 2016 We looked forward to this trip to Bamberg for a while after reading about it’s charm and regional smoked beer. We hopped on the train from Nuremberg and headed an hour north. I was h(angry) after having days in Nuremberg …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 6 – December 11 2016 Our plan for the first half of the day was to tick all the tourist sights off our list. First up was St. Sebald – Sebalduskirche Nürnberg, a beautiful cathedral in the center of old town. The walk to the …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 5 – December 10 2016 We woke up for one last breakfast at our favorite café, Cotidiano. After a gigantic breakfast, we split another schmalznudel at Cafe Frischhut. Next, we decided to stock up on snacks for the train ride to Nuremberg. We walked to …
MIKE AND JESS’ TRAVEL DIARY Germany and Austria Trip Day 4 – December 9 2016 After our late night, we didn’t end up rolling out of bed until about noon. We originally had plans to go to Neuschwanstein Castle, but that is at least two hours of travel each way, which was clearly not going …