Go Ahead’s Evaluation and Quality Control Specialist Kelly Hess has traveled extensively through Western Europe, but until recently, she’d never been to Eastern Europe. “I’d heard amazing things about Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic, and I’d been dying to go,” she recalled. So, she embarked on our tour of Vienna, Budapest & Prague this [...]
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Posted in Austria, Europe, Featured Traveler, General Travel, Germany, Hidden Gems, Innsbruck, Lucerne, Munich, Switzerland, Travel Stories, Vienna on May 9th, 2011
Go Ahead Business Analyst Nabin Ghimire hails from Nepal, so he’s no stranger to tall mountains. But the heights of the Himalayas didn’t prepare him for the majesty of the snow-covered Alps, a sight he beheld on our Best of Central Europe: Germany, Switzerland & Austria tour. “It had snowed a couple days before we [...]
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Posted in Austria, Bamberg, Berlin, Dresden, Europe, General Travel, Germany, History, Munich, Travel Stories, Vienna on May 2nd, 2011
Go Ahead Groups Account Manager Angus Beaton is a self-described “history nerd” who fell in love with fin de siècle Vienna while in college. “I love European history, and I wanted to take my time in Vienna. So the three-night Vienna extension on his Historic Germany: Berlin to Bavaria tour made perfect sense, and it [...]
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Posted in Austria, Czech Republic, Europe, Events, General Travel, Germany, Heidelberg, Hidden Gems, Munich, Prague, Special Departures, Vienna on Dec 6th, 2010
Europeans celebrate Christmas a little differently than we do. The Dutch, for instance, celebrate the arrival of Sinterklaas (a slightly more religious version of Santa Claus) and Zwarte Piet, his ever-present helper. The British welcome Father Christmas, French children wait for Pere Noel to drop presents in their shoes and in Spain’s Catalonia region, the [...]
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Situated on the Danube River, Vienna is Austria’s capital and largest city. Filled with both historical sights and modern masterpieces, Vienna offers a blend of old and new, immersing visitors in a cultural, historical and visual experience. Aside from the must-see sites such as the Hofburg and Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna is packed full of surprises, [...]
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