Katharina's travels

PFAUENINSEL...near Berlin Since I grew up in Athens, I wouldn't say that I am familiar with lakes. That's why when I visited this place, I didn't think until then that I would come across a small island in the lake. So in Lake Wansee, there is a small island, about which I will tell you right away. I am in Berlin and I take the train from the center. Within about 30 minutes I am in this beautiful place on Lake Wansee. There a boat is waiting for us on the shore and takes us in 2 minutes across to Pfaueninzel (peacock island). Everything is very quiet here and of course, the place is full of peacocks. Arriving at the island I stand in a tiny palace called the tea palace. It is a place where blue-blooded ladies used to spend their tea time afternoons enjoying the tea, the cakes, and this fantastic view of the lake. I keep walking in a deep but kind forest. Fortunately, there are many benches so I get some rest. The smell of the trees and of the flowers is amazing. I see squir...

 SALZBURG...the cozy city While spending my holidays in Munich, Germany, I thought of visiting an Austrian city that is quite close. The city, whose name means "the castle of Salt", is no other than Salzburg. So I take the train and travel from Munich to Salzburg in about 2 hours. The journey is pleasant and the train is comfortable and clean. Even though I cross the German-Austrian border I don't feel like I'm in a completely different country, since these two countries are quite similar. Arriving at the Salzburg train station I'm a bit disappointed because the view is nothing special, compared to other train stations I've been to before. I leave the station behind and stand in the middle of a very large square.  I get on the bus and head to the old town. The Salzach River divides the town into two, the old and the new. The new town is just an ordinary quiet European town. I don't see anything special here, except of course the residence of my beloved c...