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A Neolithic tomb.
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The end of the line in Austria, and a floating opera house.
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Rare plants high up in the Alps.
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Austria does charity shops right.
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The home of Milka chocolate and spectacular views.
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A pretty market town on the Czech border.
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A preview of my travel writing book.
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See the other thrills available in Reichenthal.
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In which I venture through the infernal woods, protected by a tiny horse shoe.
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A visit to the Kafka Museum in Prague.
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The works of Czech Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha.
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Prague in the winter of 2022 when there were no tourists.
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A Baroque monastery in Upper Austria.
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The Hanseatic merchant hometown of marzipan (and Thomas Mann).
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The former last town in West Germany.
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High up in the Kalkalpen National Park.
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Austria isn’t an alpine utopia.
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The former Checkpoint Alpha between East and West Germany.
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German supermarkets are wild places.
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A small town on the old border with East Germany.
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In and out through Alexanderplatz.
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Bratislava after a long break.
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In search of Heidi.
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An idyllic time in the Austrian Alps.
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October 2021 was the first time I returned to Vienna in 18 months as well. I was born and grew up in the UK, but have spent a chunk of every year in Austria and the surrounding countries since 2008, and worked for a schools programme in that region since 2010, so my loyalties are…
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A detour to the Kent countryside.
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On my way home from Milan.
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While in Milan, I also bought a ticket to the cathedral and attached museum.
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When you say to people “I’m going to Italy for work” they think you’re going to go to some sun-kissed medieval tourist spot to live la bella vita, when the reality is often more like San Donato Milanese.
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In September 2021 I returned to teaching EFL abroad. I had come home from Austria in March 2020, and then not taught at all for 18 months. It was a last minute trip, because the Italian government had suddenly decided to allow school visits
