Month: November 2024

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Seeing Salzburg on a School Trip

When you head off on a school trip to the fourth largest city in Austria, you will be pleasantly surprised at the sheer amount of beauty, culture and history that Salzburg has to offer. Located in the northern-central part of the country, Salzburg is situated on the Salzach River and has a history that dates back to the Neolithic Age, with evidence that the Celts first settled the region near the fifth century B.C. When Rupert became the bishop in 700 A.D. he named the city Salzburg, which means “Salt Caslte”, for the salt barges that travelled up the river.

With an interesting and sometimes tumultuous religious history, the city has grown over the centuries, while still being able to preserve what has been described as its “rich urban fabric” in the centre, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As your school trip itinerary takes you around the city, pay attention to the buildings, beauty and general sites of interest as you wander; your trip to the Austrian city will be one you won’t forget in a hurry.

Strolling though the city

When you’re on a school trip to Salzburg, you will likely begin your tour in the very heart of the city. The centre of the city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, in commendadation of its urban fabric – preserved from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The mix of Italian and German cultures can be seen in the Baroque design that much of the centre displays. The Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santino Solari designed many of these classically Baroque buildings, and the skyline is dominated by spires and the outline of the fortress of HohenSalzburg.

Fortress of HohenSalzburg

As the largest and best preserved fortress in central Europe, the fortress of HohenSalzburg is an imposing structure, built by Archbishop Gebhard in 1077. It was enlarged during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when the archbishops took refuge here during the Hungarian War and the Peasants’ War. This fortress holds the distinction of never having been captured by enemy troops. The interior is well worth seeing: the richly appointed Golden Hall and Golden Chamber are adorned with beautiful paintings and the Gothic carvings are opulent testaments to religious and royal wealth.

Discover Mozart

A school trip to Salzburg would not be complete without a visit to the birthplace and living space of one of the most important composers of all times: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Located at Getreidegasse 9, the birthplace of Mozart is now Salzburg’s most popular museum; you can see the room where he was born (in 1756), the violin he played as a child, along with an array of Mozart family memorabilia. From there, head over to the Tanzmeisterhaus on the Makartplatz; this was Mozart’s living space where he lived and composed from 1773. The original place where Mozart lived is gone but in 1994 the International Mozart Foundation rebuilt the house in the style it would have been when the great man himself dwelt there.

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Selecting Natural Pet Food

Natural and organic foods have been a fashion among people. And it is also same in the case of your pet. As humans have lot to choose from the healthier food, there should be same kind of natural product for the pets too.

Natural diets are constituent of all natural ingredients that are required for pet’s health. Natural foods are not excessively processed as other dog food, which means that the goodness and the nutrients value are still in the diet. Honestly, are preservative healthy enough to develop your pet’s body?

There is a strict guideline set by U.S Agriculture Department for any types of dog food that are termed as natural and organic food. The guideline is like a booklet, but the basic rule to state diet as natural or organic is if the food has not contained preservatives, pesticides, or artificial substances. This will make the food taste better and also make the pet healthier.

You are unaware that most of the ingredients in the food of pet come from poultry, beef, and fish. Humans never like these things to eat that have hormones and drugs. Because this is unhealthy and sound very unappetizing as compare to the natural foods. So this also implements on the dog food. Even the dogs never want these ingredients in their food as humans.

Our pets require a proper nutrition to build their immune system and natural foods are the perfect choice for it. It contains all the vitamins that our pet needs for maintaining a good health. People can care themselves and it’s our responsibility to give our pet good diet. Among the good diet for the pets, Merrick Dog Food is the one that consist of all the natural ingredients that are mentioned in good natural food.

Price is the main factor to determine the quality of food; however the best quality food depends on its ingredients. Preservatives, fillers, by-product should strictly be avoided. Even some brands like Merrick Dog Food produce human grade food for pet and this is good that companies are thinking more about the health of the animals.

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Adventure Travel Close to Home and on a Budget

Traveling for the adventure of it is becoming much more popular these days, but, it can be quite expensive. Others may find it too dangerous to even consider it, but I’m going to give you some great ideas for safe, close to home, adventures that are affordable and fun. Take a look at the list below to get some ideas of your own.

Learn rock climbing. Take local rock climbing lessons in your area. It may not be the highest mountain in the country, but you probably can find a fairly steep mountain to climb just for the adventure of it. Most of the East Coast, and West Coast will not have any problem locating somewhere to climb, and there will be plenty of local schools ready to teach you. With a trained climber joining you, this is one adventure that is not too dangerous.

Find all of the local swimming places and make it a goal to hit them all this summer. Each of them will put you up for a hike (to get there) and a nice cool dip in the water during hot summer months will not cost you anything. You can find these by word of mouth (from your friends), or just by watching for others dragging food and picnics into the woods. At that point, you know it’s pretty likely that there is water around.

Take up snowshoeing. Being in a winter environment (in the Midwest) has not always been fun. That is, not until my wife and I took up snowshoeing. This is a very inexpensive sport, with two options for equipment: 1.) rent it from a local sporting goods store, you will get modern equipment and can decide if you should buy your own, or 2.) visit a local park during the winter that offers snowshoeing hikes, they almost all have snowshoes for rent, but they will usually be the old fashioned kind. Any way, you get a good chance to try out the sport. If you enjoy it, consider calling your golf courses in the area and ask them if it is OK to snowshoe there in the winter, all of them that I called had no problem with it.

Consider a spiritual journey. If you have retreats or monasteries near you, make a day of traveling to them all, spending some time and relaxing, and then decide if you want to return for a longer stay. Almost all of these type of spiritual centers will allow visitors, and they generally have very cheap rooms available. Stay the night and see how relaxing it can be.

Find a public, county, or state park and go canoeing. Many local parks will have canoes available for rent. You can spend a day just floating, and the park people will pick you up down the river and drive you back to your car.

Think about getting into treasure searching. You can usually find a good, cheap used metal detector online, or in your local classified ads. If you pick one up, you can plan an entire weekend around treasure hunting at a local beach, or woods. You never know what you might find. If you’re really adventurous you could go to your courthouse and look up old historical records for locations like old picnic areas, parks, or watering holes and search there. Old coins and jewelry may add up to enough to pay for your metal detector, especially with the high price of gold these days.

Take a hobo trip to wherever you end up. How does this work you ask? Well, you pack enough food and drinks and clothes to cover you for a few days, then everyone jumps in the car and you take off for an unknown place. Have travelers randomly pick a direction every few hours and just drive until you decide it’s time to stop. Spend the night in a different town, or consider making a camping trip out of it by bringing along camping and tent gear. This trip is really inexpensive too.

An adventure is defined as any type of activity or destination that you visit and take part in that is completely new to you and that does not have an outcome that is entirely predictable. This can be just about anything you like, as you see from the examples above. Take one of those, or think up an entirely new one, either way enjoy your next adventure that stays within your budget too.