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long-term-winter-haterer tries to survive (and hopefully thrive) a european winter Read more
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  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Vienna

    November 10, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Getting to Know Vienna

    Walked around the old town of Vienna, stopping to look at St Stephens Cathedral and some Austrian food stalls in the area. In the evening we went to the main Christmas markets on their opening night! It was super pretty with all of the light displays, and we went ice-skating which was super fun.

    Fun fact of the day: the Vienna Christmas markets are the first ones to open in Europe every year.    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Vienna

    November 11, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Trip to Schonbrunn Palace

    Travelled to the main Hapsburg Palace to explore for the day. It was very extravagant and the gardens included a botanical garden, a zoo, a massive forest area (which was used for sport hunting) and great views over the city.Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Vienna

    November 12, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Last Day in Vienna

    Took the most of the good weather and went for a walk around the Belvedere Palace Gardens, another palace of the Hapsburg empire. In the afternoon we had a tour of the Vienna Opera Theatre, which was originally built in the 1800s but partially rebuilt in the 50s after being damaged in WW2.

    Fun fact of the day: In the Vienna Opera Theatre's 300 day long season, no show is played 2 nights in a row, meaning the crew has to deconstruct and reconstruct the sets etc every day.    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Berlin

    November 14, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 12 °C

    Checking out the wall:

    Visited the Berlin Wall Memorial site and the east side gallery, while being able to walk through both sides of the city and seeing the rugged beauty of the city.

    Fun fact of the day: Berlin construction workers seem to listen to a lot of 'Men at Work' songsRead more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Berlin

    November 15, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Seeing more of the city:
    Visited the Brandenburg Gate, Berliner Dom, Granitschale im, the DDR museum about life in East Germany, Checkpoint Charlie and the Holocaust memorial.

    Fun fact of the day: Granitschale im, the largest bowl carved from a singular stone, has a large crack down one of its sides, from when Hitler tried to move it so it doesn't take attention away from him when he used the square for events.Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Berlin

    November 16, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    Museum day in Berlin:
    Spent the day at the Topography of Terror museum, which details the rise to power and horrors of the nazi regime. It was very interesting, though was mostly reading, so don't have many pictures. Went out with some of the friends I have made in Berlin that evening.Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Berlin

    November 17, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    Walking up the hill:
    Visited Teufelsberg, which is a man made hill from the ww2 rubble being dumped out of the city which the US built a military base on top of during the cold war. But then it was abandoned and was all woods and the base is now a street art gallery.

    Fun fact of the day:
    The rubble moved to create Teufelsberg hill equates to approximately 26 million cubic metres.    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Berlin to Wuppertal

    November 18, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

    Meeting my German family

    Left Berlin in the morning and met the family I will be staying with in Wuppertal (courtesy of Luise who we met while she was also backpacking in her uni break). We went to dinner at a restaurant that used to be the building that enclosed the towns indoor public pool. Traditional German dinner, very delicious! We were then shown some of the family's favourite bars on a "pub crawl".

    Fun fact of the day: Wuppertal used to be 2 different cities, which were combined into one metropolitan area under a new name in the early 1900s.    Read more

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    Prague

    November 25, 2023 in Czech Republic ⋅ ❄️ 1 °C

    Viewing Prague:

    Walked up the hill to the Petrin lookout, where I enjoyed the view, some live music, and a hot lemonade. Walked around the old town that afternoon and witnessed my first ever snow!

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Innsbruck

    November 27, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C

    Up to the top of Innsbruck:

    Went to the top of Innsbruck via cable car, and had a walk around (learnt how walk through snow). Hiked my way back down the mountain, stopping at Alpenzoo, a zoo exclusive for animals found in the alps area. My favourites were definitely the otters, but the wolves, lynx, beavers and chamois were cool too.

    Fun fact of the day:
    Innsbruck town centre is 574m above sea level, but the mountain behind it reaches 2334m above sea level, meaning the mountain often has completely different weather to the rest of town.    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Innsbruck

    November 28, 2023 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 3 °C

    Walking around town:

    Spent the day wondering around Innsbruck, before checking out the Christmas markets and trying out mulled wine for the first time.

    Fun fact of the day: Around the university campus in Innsbruck the pedestrian crossing signals are riding skateboards.Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Salzburg

    November 30, 2023 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 2 °C

    Music of Salzburg:
    Started the day on a sound of music tour where I visited many of the locations they used to film in Salzburg. They looked just like the movie, just covered in a layer of snow. I also got to try a traditional (yet nut-free!) Apple strudel which was soooo good. In the afternoon I visited Mozart's birthplace and museum and got to see his childhood violin and some original handwritten scores.

    Fun fact of the day: Mozart spent more than a third of his life in transit, travelling between cities he was performing or working in    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic

    Salzburg

    December 1, 2023 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 2 °C

    Up the hill:

    Went up to the fortress which was very cool, but the view it is famous for was hidden by a very thick layer of fog (that got thicker as the day went on). Then went to the Christmas museum, which was right next to the christmas markets and was very beautiful.

    Fun fact of the day: one time the fortress was under siege, they were running out of food and only had one bull left. Every day they painted it a different colour and walked it across the city walls to try and trick the enemy into thinking they have more food left than they did. It worked, the enemies thought that they could last months, so gave up and ended the siege.    Read more

  • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic
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    Golden Circle

    December 13, 2023 in Iceland ⋅ 🌧 7 °C

    Lava Caves and Waterfalls

    Travelled to Explore a cave carved by ancient lava flow. In the afternoon visited the rift between the American and European tectonic plates (walked to a lookout where we were standing on the cliffs edge of the American plate looking over the valley of the rift to the mountains marking the beginning of the European plate on the other side) and saw a waterfall and some wonderful view there. Finished the day by visiting some Icelandic horses and relaxing in the "hot pot" (outdoor bath) in the evening.Read more

    Trip end
    December 21, 2023
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