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Viennese Potato Soup (Wiener Erdäpfel Suppe)

By Susanne Servin
in :  Audrey’s Travel Recipes
Viennese Potatoe Soup

This delectable soup comes to us byway of Ms Susanne Servin of Vienna. Her heartwarming soup is easy to prepare, and proves to be the ideal component for battling a cold winter's day. I know, I just made it. – Audrey

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Christmas Markets Add Festive Spirit to December Cruise on the Danube

By Katherine Rodeghier
in :  World Travel
Christmas market in Passau, Germany

The pastry chef aboard the Viking Vili had no fear of losing his job because of me. My pathetic attempt at making a gingerbread house during his lesson on board put my skills at the kindergarten level. His fanciful creations in the ship’s lounge looked like they were conjured up by a Christmas elf employing Santa’s magical powers.

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3 Things We Didn’t Know About Austria

By Ed Boitano
in :  Three Things About...
skiing in Austria

Austria is over 1000 years old and up until the 20th Century was one of the world’s largest empires. Austria became a European power not by warfare, but by strategically marrying into the other royal families of Europe thereby neutralizing any enemies. A good example of this is Empress Maria Theresa’s daughter, the unfortunate Marie Antoinette, who married King Louis XIV and ended up losing her head.

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France Joli, Wear a Hat, World’s Airlines Ranked

By Ed Boitano
in :  Eclectic Stuff

Take a flying tour of ancient Rome, recreated digitally in spectacular detail by J-P Mauro for Aleteia.org There have been some beautiful digital recreations of ancient Roman sites, but the work being done by History in 3D goes above and beyond. At the tail end of 2021, they released this 8-minute aerial tour of their work so far. The project …

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Pilgrimages: Places I’ll Remember, Part 3

By Ed Boitano
in :  World Travel
Hampton Court Palace

This is the third installment of Ed Boitano’s series on Pilgrimages. In the second installment, Places I’ll Remember, Part 2, Boitano covered Vincent van Gogh’s final days in Auvers-sur-Oise, the Leaning Bell Tower of Pisa and Princess Grace in Monaco. Still quarantined at home in Southern California, Boitano is doing even more reminiscing these days.

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Mauthausen Concentration Camp: Because Turning Away is Never an Option

By Fyllis Hockman
in :  Life Lessons, World Travel
entrance to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Linz, Austria

Yes, of course, the four Central European capitals we visited on our Danube River Cruise with Grand Circle – Prague, Czech Republic, Vienna, Austria, Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary – all wrapped in wonder, overwhelmed with their impressive history, expansive promenades and architectural grandeur. But it was an experience in Linz in Upper Austria that most impacted me.

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Three Musical Pilgrimages: Mozart, Grieg and Hendrix

By Ed Boitano
in :  World Travel
brightly painted character houses at the harbor front area of Bergen

Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) could read and compose music, plus play the violin and piano, when he was five years old. Born into a musical family in Salzburg, Austria (then the Holy Roman Empire), he had a unique ability for imitating music, which first became evident when he recited a musical piece by simply observing his father conducting a lesson to his older sister.

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7 German Words, Austria, Space Hotel and More

By Ed Boitano
in :  Eclectic Stuff
George Harrison and Pattie Boyd

Here's some trivia for the month: the Latin Quarters in Paris, the world’s first floating space hotel launching in 2021, a whiskey lover's dream gift, a bridge linking Ireland and Scotland, cruise ships, dynamic ticket pricing, Anthony Bourdain, adventure personality, the Travel Guys.

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Three Things About Salzburg

By Ed Boitano
in :  Three Things About...
Panoramic view of Salzburg from Kapuzinerberg

Salzburg is a very social and lively city. Locals enjoy to be part of what Salzburg is famous and loved for – they stroll through the inner city, meet with friends in one of the many coffeehouses for some coffee and cake, do their grocery shopping on the farmers’ markets and definitely partake in many of the city’s cultural offerings from concerts in the Mirabell Palace or on the Hohensalzburg Fortress to the renowned Salzburg Festival in the summer.

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2018 Winter Olympics, Austrian Tour and the 7 Seas Mariner

By Ed Boitano
in :  Travel News
skiing in Austria

The 2018 Olympic Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea open February 9 and close on February 25, while the Paralympic Games open March 8 and close on March 18. There has been much concern about North Korea’s presence at the games, but attendees should not feel alarmed for security has been considerably heightened. North Korea’s participation has been hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough that could herald peace on the Korean Peninsula.

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