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Note: The entry is backdated as I could only write it offline due to the lack of internet access in Salzburg – Munich. I was introduced to Mozartkugeln (round chocolate with a picture of Mozart on its wrapping) – they’re also colloquially known as Mozart balls. I thought there was only one type of Mozart [...]

It must be a local disease in Salzburg, that when people arrive in the city, they start humming the tunes from “The Sound of Music“. I didn’t hum it out loud, but the songs were immediately playing in my head as I arrived in Salzburg. As I walked across the bridge that spans over the [...]

    In 2002 during my visit to Norway I discovered a Norwegian singer by the name of Thomas Dybdahl. Until this day, I have followed his music and I even purchased an earlier album of his in Oslo because I really love his laidback but ‘sincere’ music. When I went to Europe in 2006, [...]

It’s past midnight here in Vienna and I have just finished my bath. Having a bath feels so luxurious because I don’t have a bathtub in my bathroom in Adelaide; besides you feel guilty as well having a bath in Australia, because of the drought and the water shortage over there. My second day was [...]

Vienna is wonderful – the city is well-adorned by ornate buildings everywhere. After a much lower-key Bratislava, I was awed when I saw the extent of the Hofburg Complex, as I walked past the Heldenplatz. The area is surrounded by beautiful buildings and well-preserved statues. The scenery is truly awe-inspiring – whilst I was quieter [...]