2014 in Austria (Innsbruck and Salzburg)
(land #10) two towns in the land of songs
2014-08-20 23:59 // updated 2026-03-27 18:14
August 20, 2014 : I had already spent 3 days in Italy; the next leg would take me go to the German-speaking parts of Europe:
"highlights"
Innsbruck
will never forget the charm (“Gemütlichkeit”) of downtown Innsbruck
- a well-kept shopping street with houses of many kinds of hues
- home of the Winter Olympics twice (in 1964 and again so soon in 1976), Innsbruck also had a lively ski mindset
Salzburg
about half a country away from Innsbruck:
- the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Mirabell Palace, setting of the film The Sound of Music
- a stronghold called Festung Hohensalzburg (High Salzburg):
trip markers
- 10th "lifetime country"
- 4th "European country"
- 3rd "mainland European country"
- 1st "German-speaking country"