So, to celebrate gingerbread, gluhwein and twinkling bright lights, I bring you this post: the Best Christmas Markets in the World. (Only, it’s not really the whole world. Just the countries between Turkey and Germany. But let’s face it, that wouldn’t make such a good title…
A piece of the iron curtain gathered by an eyewitness at the border between Austria and Hungary in 1989.
Fear. It’s all in the mind. That’s what I tell myself as I inch my foot sideways, staring straight ahead. Daylight fills the 20 foot space between my eyeballs and the glistening wall of rock…
I arrived in Schwarzenberg just as the funeral procession entered the graveyard. Scratched clouds lingered overhead, matching the mourners’ sorrow with their weightless, clawing rain…
I arrived in Innsbruck under the legendary cover of darkness. Thirteen hours or so had swept me from the sultry hotlands of Andalucia, via Mallorca to Munich, followed by a greyish drive to the soundtrack of deep-throated windscreen wiper thumps.
A lightning fast Photo Friday this week as I zip around Austria catching up with friends and colleagues at a conference. Long travel writing to follow but for now I just wanted to say…Ah! Love finding these heart shaped decorations everywhere…Austria, you make me smile.
At 2039 metres above sea level in Austria, someone is watching. One hundred someones in fact…
Three photos describe one European city. But which one?
I'm Abi King, a journalist who swapped a career as a doctor for a life on the road. More...
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