Fountain in Innsbruck

a fountain just past the train station in Innsbruck

There's something about fountains that I just adore... I can't really pinpoint it, but I'm always drawn to them! I love the dragons holding the shields and flags in this fountain. I also love how softly the water was flowing from the fountain, which you can really see when you enlarge the picture. 

Vienna

a street in Vienna, Austria

I was browsing through my photos of Austria, and this one caught my eye. I'm really missing Europe right now, and this made me smile, so I thought I would share it with you! I don't remember walking down this street, but I wish I had because I would have loved to have seen more of the building with the rounded corners! Oh well, there's always next time... :)

Gmunden

lovely houses on the shore of the Traunsee Lake

This picture was taken in Gmunden, Austria. We spent the day at the Traunsee Lake. It was beautiful there. The lake was surrounded by houses like these. My favorite house in this picture is the yellow one on the bottom left.

Kärntner Strasse

Kärntner Strasse, Vienna

Kärntner Strasse (Kaernter Street) is a famous shopping street in Vienna.
This street is also home to the State Opera and St. Stephan's Cathedral (pictures of those to come later). This particular segment of the street is pedestrian only, so it makes for a very enjoyable walk!
There's a little bit of everything there - try to see how many familiar things you can spot in this picture!

More from Bad Ischl

View of the Danube in Bad Ischl, Austria

Water, everywhere!
The ground was wet, the fountain was running, and the Danube was flowing very rapidly!
Even though the weather was dreary and gray, and it was July and we were all wearing turtlenecks and jackets, being able to take pictures like this make the weather tolerable!

View of Linz

view of Linz from Pöstlingberg

We took a trip here to ride of the famous Pöstlingbergbahn, Europe's steepest tram.
It was closed for the day, so we drove up halfway and parked, then walked the rest of the way.
It certainly is steep! But it was worth it, because I got to see this beautiful view of Linz!

Schloß Weinberg

Schloß Weinberg, Oberösterreich (Upper Austria)

This was taken on one of the many little day trips I took to various regions of Upper Austria. Schloss Weinberg (Weinberg Castle) was built in the 17th century. If I remember correctly, some of the rooms have been turned into classrooms.
That would be a fun place to attend school!

Pink Building in Linz

Linz, Austria

In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month, I chose this pink building in Linz.
Many buildings in Austria were pink, but this is the only one I took a picture of!
And if you're wondering - yes, those are palm trees... I wasn't aware that Austria had palm trees either!

Austrian Countryside

somewhere in the Austrian countryside...

I thought I would honor my last post of the summer with a summer-y photograph.
This is somewhere in the Austrian countryside. We were driving, and decided to stop to pick flowers.
My friends picked the flowers while I wandered around and took photographs!

street in Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria

There is so much to look at in this photo - the tourists, the ornate details of the building on the left, the old look of the building at the end of the street, and the multitude of colors everywhere!
It was a gorgeous, sunny day in July when I took this shot, and I think that you can see that in the photo! Innsbruck proved to be quite photogenic - even though I only spend a few hours there, I have over a hundred pictures. I'll share more of them later!

street in Bad Ischl

Bad Ischl, Austria

It's a rainy day here, so I thought I would post a rainy day picture!
This is a street in Bad Ischl, Austria. It's a small town in Upper Austria.
It has a very old world feel, and was a wonderful place to spend an afternoon just relaxing and walking around.

Salzburg

Salzburg - old meets new

This was taken near Getreidegasse, the expensive shopping alley in Salzburg.

The elements of this picture span many centuries -

Hohensalzburg Fortress (top)- 1077, airport signs - 1990something...

Now there's a bit of a difference!

Driefaltigkeitssäule Monument

Driefaltigkeitssäule Monument in the Linzer Hauptzplatz - Linz, Austria

This monument is in the main square of downtown Linz.
It was built in 1723, and the square itself dates back to 1230.
Most weekends in the summer there's a concert or exhibit held there.
In the winter it's home to the Christmas Market.
This was the first picture I took of Linz!