Germany and Austria trip

I recently went to Germany and Austria for 9 days and it was a pretty good experience.

Germany

Flew into Munich, spent a day walking around one of the parks, and took the train to Salzburg, Austria.

One of the important mobile apps to get is the DB Navigator app. It allows you to buy tickets on your phone for the train and other public transportation. One ticket that we took advantage of was the Bayern Ticket, which allowed us to have unlimited travel for a day on all the regional trains and whatnot (although no one actually checked our tickets).

Salzburg, Austria

For traveling on the trains between cities in Austria, we used the OBB tickets app. For Salzburg, we got the 48 hour Salzburg pass, which allowed us to go to a bunch of different attractions for free / discounted rates, and enabled us to use the bus system. There were some places we weren’t able to visit since we didn’t rent a car, but the bus system was good for the most part – you just need to make sure you get to the stop at the right times.

We visited the top of a mountain, a salt mine, Mozart’s residence, a fortress, a river with a few bridges, and a bunch of restaurants. One thing that was neat about Austria was that they had some unique signs. Like some signs pointed out where people would be walking and kids playing and there was a sign that looked like a couple dancing.

St. Wolfgangsee, Austria

We took a couple busses to get from Salzburg to a lake area. We were able to buy the tickets on the bus, but there wasn’t that much room for luggage at the bottom of the bus. We were lucky that the luggage fit.

The lake area was pretty relaxing and the views were really wonderful. We did some biking, walking, canoeing, ferry boating, sliding, eating, and tramming. The tram up to the top of a mountain needed tickets and we were able to bundle those tickets with the ferry tickets. Not sure if that saved us any money, but I can’t imagine that it cost more. There was a giant slide nearby that we bought tickets to and that was fun. We were only able to slide down once since it started raining.

Vienna, Austria

Our last stop was in Vienna. We took a bus to a train station and took the train to Vienna. For traveling in Vienna, we downloaded the WienMobil app and got a 48 hour public transportation ticket. It was useful, although no one checked for our tickets. The busses, trams, and metro system were able to get us to the places we wanted to go. We took a bike tour and got a bunch of historical context about the country and the city. A lot of the historical sites are in the central parts of Vienna. We saw the Schonbrunn Palace, a bunch of churches, a Mozart concert, some funky looking apartments, some gardens, and some cafes.