I live very near the Gaisberg, the most well-known local mountain towering over Salzburg and yet, in my two and a half years of living in this city, I have hiked it just once before during the first winter I…
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I have been living in Salzburg for nearly three years now and, in that time, I've been carefully curating my self-care toolkit. While I was at a nail appointment the other week, I was chatting to my nail lady (who feels…
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I was born in Europe, lived here for eight years in my childhood, came back to visit many times while growing up in North America, and eventually moved back here in 2020, living first in Belgium and now in Austria.…
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Just across the border from Salzburg where I live is the exquisite Berchtesgaden National Park in Bavaria, Germany. I explored some of Berchtesgaden two summers ago on a biking and hiking daytrip to Königssee, Obersee und Röthbachfall. The Berchtesgaden National…
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May is the month of public holidays in Europe, coinciding with the beginning of summer and all these extra special little days to be outside and enjoy it even more. Two of my best friends, along with their pup Nacho,…
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The last time I was at Schlosspark Hellbrunn was last winter, when a big snowfall brought Janna and I out to trek through the snow-covered gardens. With late spring very much firmly settled across the city, a pretty bike ride…
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Salzburg in spring is a delight. Some days, it will rain so intensely it feels like the whole world is cracking apart. Other days, the sun will beat down and the flowers will open up and the light will catch…
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Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional. But I have been through my fair share of shit, and I tell my friends this all the time: I think we go through shit so we can help others go through…
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I saw the northern lights for the very first time last year on a winter trip to Norway. Having briefly seen them shimmering in the night sky over Tromsø, it was a few days later on the little island of…
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In the summer of 2022, I hiked up to the Schafbergspitze with my mum while she was visiting me in Salzburg. The peak of Schafbergspitze overlooks Wolfgangsee, Fuschlsee, Mondsee, Attersee and the exceptional mountain ranges and towns far flung across…
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Aside from that chaotic week where the spring snows decided to redescend upon Salzburg last month - as that famous German lyric goes, "April, April, der macht, was er will" which roughly translates to "April, April, he does want he…
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Friday 3 May was the most perfect day, celebrating the love of Mélisa and Denis, two of my best friends, with their pup and my godson Nacho. We met exactly a year ago in Salzburg and it has since been…
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