Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy by Car
THE 2426 KM DRIVE In 5 days, I covered 2426 km and four countries (Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy). I crossed international borders 22 times. I planned each day’s drive the night before,...
View ArticleAustrian Airlines Flights 87 and 88, New York-JFK Vienna and Return
A coffeehouse at 35,000 feet Terminal 1 is the busy home to 16 airlines. I found Austrian’s check-in area quite easily and checked in without any waiting. The agent invited me to visit Alitalia’s...
View ArticleAustrian Airlines 452, London-LHR to Vienna
Arriving at London Heathrow’s Terminal 2, I found myself on the business class line with only one passenger ahead of me. After waiting all of two minutes, I was quickly checked in by the agent, who...
View ArticleAustrian Wine Country – Driving the BMW Z4 sDrive23i
While Austria is synonymous to many for music and culture, its wines don’t have the renown that those of other European countries have. Austria has, however, 51,213 hectares of vineyards, mostly in...
View ArticleAustrian Wine Country – Driving the BMW Z4 sDrive23i to Vienna
My all-too-brief stay in the Kamptal (Kamp Valley) was over. I reluctantly left the Loisium hotel in Langenlois around 10:15 for Vienna. First order of business: top down. The top takes only 20 seconds...
View ArticleAustrian Airlines Business Class Flight 452 London-Heathrow – Vienna – Review
There’s nothing quite like the feeling that one gets upon arrival at the ticket counter, in this case in the in-transit area of Terminal 1 at London Heathrow, presents an electronic ticket, and is told...
View ArticleNew Korean Study Calls Six-Foot Social Distancing Standard into Question
The Austrian stamp that brings together two key symbols of the pandemic, toilet paper and a baby elephant A study published last week that looked at currently accepted parameters for social distancing...
View ArticleEuropean Union to Reopen to Vaccinated Travelers
The town of Melk, in Niederösterreich The European Union will reopen its borders to visitors who have been fully vaccinated with an approved shot, the European Commission, the bloc’s governing body,...
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