tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69149858916734494972024-03-13T14:17:54.326-04:00My Trip to Linz and PragueJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-6056948165702711622007-04-11T14:41:00.000-04:002007-04-11T15:45:35.893-04:00Walking Tour in Linz - Part III After leaving the castle, we go further up to visit St. Martin's Church. It is currently the oldest church in Austria. It was first documented in 799, and was rebuilt several time after that. Click here to learn more about the church.Unlike those splendid Gothic cathedral, this one is small and down-to-earth. The murals on the wall date back to the 15th century.What amazed me most is that peopleJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-53062498003358297982007-04-09T15:02:00.000-04:002007-04-09T16:15:58.917-04:00Walking Tour in Linz - Part II Finally, we reach the hilltop. What greeting us is a breath-taking scene. Danube flows through Linz, and separates the city into two parts. We are now on the right bank of the river, the older part of the city. Most of the sights are on this side.If you take a closer look at the picture, you can see there is a church, Wallfahrtsbasilika, on the top of the hill. The "Pöstlingbergbahn", Europe's Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-87364026112546092902007-04-07T13:45:00.000-04:002007-04-09T15:07:42.022-04:00Walking Tour in Linz - Part ILinz, as many other cities in Eruope, has tour guide service. It is not easy to be a tour guide. They have to pay for the training program and pass the exam. I do not have time to chat with our tour guide in Linz, but last time when I was in Paris, we had a Parisian tour guide. He said that they had to learn not only the Franch history, but also history of the city, architecture, fine arts, etc. Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-13356055296357310372007-04-05T12:26:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:36:53.665-04:00Transportation in LinzLinz is not a big city. There are only three tram lines and numerous buses routes. No subway. There are ticket vending machines at each tram stations. From these machines, you can buy three kinds of ticket: Maxi: this is a one-day pass. With this pass, you can take tram and bus as many times as you want. Midi: single ticket, only valid for one trip. Mini: this is for short distance travel and is Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-18772986286583745212007-04-02T12:43:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:37:50.761-04:00First Impression of Linz: Coffee, Bread, and WaterWhen we are in Linz, we stay in the Summerhaus of Johannes Kepler University Linz. It feels like a place for short-term exchanged international students. The room is simple but comfy. Our window view is pretty. On the right is a hill with houses scattering over the mountainside; on the left is the city view.Europeans put a lot effort in protecting the planet and saving energy. Toilet paper and Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914985891673449497.post-23831536793034545752007-04-01T21:25:00.000-04:002007-04-05T12:19:52.608-04:00Cincinnati - Frankfurt - LinzMarch 14, 2007, 7:30 pm, we step on the airplane which will carry us from Cincinnati to Frankfurt, Germany in the following 9 hours, and then we will change plane to fly to Linz, Austria to begin our 9-day-long International Seminars.This program is one of the main reasons I choose the MBA program at University of Cincinnati. Although I will lose my spring break and have classes right after the Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11592634819000106038noreply@blogger.com0