I am pretty much the type of person who enjoys every minute of being on a getaway, even for a small amount of time. Thus, there’s quite a lack of photography booklets in my home archives. But, that’s what having a holiday is all about—relaxing without the stress of carrying what is now often referred to as typical “blogger essentials.”
Although I do prefer physical photos captured to remember good times, there are those impromptu moments that are forever embedded in my mind. These are the moments that we all wish could be captured on camera, but instead are best left mentally treasured by those who were present. And, that’s okay!
Those memories are the ones you speak about in a room filled with friends as they listen to you with excitement as you tell your tales of travel and spontaneous ventures proclaiming, “well, you just had to be there!”
These images are a few that I took when I went to visit my sister again in Austria awhile back. I loved the black and white photo, which was taken walking about in the city streets in route to a cafe, and then there’s a good shot of the view from my flat that I rented whilst I was there.
These few images were so random. In fact, many were the ones that I sifted through initially and almost tossed aside because of being overwhelmed with 400+ other unrelated images to speedily browse through. But, I was happy that it was a rare time for me, (then) actually had my camera by my side. Of course, these days I always have a camera in my handbag, if not, at the very least, there is always the handy iPhone, right?
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Street walking: Linz at an angle
The view of the Danube outside my apartment window.
View of local shops
Thank you! I agree some of the shots that I loved the most were these impromptu images. 🙂 /Madison
Thank you! I agree some of the shots that I loved the most were these impromptu images. 🙂 /Madison
Great photos!
Great photos!
xx. Ja, lol, Vielen Dank! Liebe Grüsse. xxoo
xx. Ja, lol, Vielen Dank! Liebe Grüsse. xxoo
haha… ich erkenne Deutsche Straßen sofort!! 😉
liebe Grüße
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Wonderful photos!
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haha… ich erkenne Deutsche Straßen sofort!! 😉
liebe Grüße
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Wonderful photos!
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Great snapshots 😀
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Fantastic images to fall back on, <333
Fantastic images to fall back on, <333
Great pics Madison. I love travelling myself. But who doesn't?
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Great pics Madison. I love travelling myself. But who doesn't?
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Great shots!
XX,
Miranda
Yes, fortunately we were there before all of that happened. I heard the floodinhg touched parts of Germany and North of Prague as well. Thanks for your comment! It's really a beautiful place!
Great shots!
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I would love to go to Austria! I need to go somewhere other than just Spain and France all the time! Have you seen the news though? Looks like part of Austria is underwater 🙁
Sometimes the "random" impromptu photos turn out to be the best ones in my experience. I often get so obsessed with taking good "blogging" photos that I forget to stop and enjoy the moment. Glad to hear you had a nice time, these photos are very pretty and capture the mood of the place very well!
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Yes, fortunately we were there before all of that happened. I heard the floodinhg touched parts of Germany and North of Prague as well. Thanks for your comment! It's really a beautiful place!
What a super cute place I love this
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Thanks! That was actually the view from my apartment that we rented there. She has an even better view in her place! 🙂
I also take random shots, sometimes later I look at them and love them more! Thank you Kizzy.
Yes, I think a good balance is really the best way — enjoying the getaway and capturing a few memories as well. 🙂 /Madison
Exactly agree Cee. Thanks so much! 🙂
Haha, cute! I didn't even think about that, but yes, of course I love The Sound of Music, such a classic story and film. Thanks for your comment. xo
Excellent! Hope the weather is good there! Have a great time! 🙂
Absolutely! 🙂
Thanks Sam! Yes, I'd love to go there again in the future, there's so many places to visit that are great for photos. xxoo
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Thank you! I also enjoyed Vienna, it was a nice place. Linz is quite different as it's so small, but amazing so I think you might like it. xxoo
Yes, a tad expensive on some things, not all, but definitely a beautiful place. Ahh, yes, Glastonbury, I have good memories from there. Enjoy yourself Vix! xx
Thank you! 🙂
I love Vienna! Great place as well. Yes, I recommend Linz, as it's smaller and very picturesque. xo Liebe Grüße!
Thank you!
Definitely! I love Linz because of how small it is. Very cool place! 🙂
Yes, I think you would enjoy Austria, There are many places to remind you of Berlin, but also very different.xxoo
Thanks Kim! I really want to goto Tennessee, I've only been to Nashville, but I hear it's amazing places to check out. Ohio sound fun if you can visit family, I've never been there. 🙂
I would love to go to Austria! I need to go somewhere other than just Spain and France all the time! Have you seen the news though? Looks like part of Austria is underwater 🙁
Yes, haha. Thanks Marj! Oh, Mediterranean holiday sounds fun. Hopefully you will have an amazing time. xx Thanks for your comment.
I'm trying to remember to take more pictures these days. 🙂
Thanks! Yes, she's been there in and out for a while. It's a beautiful place.
Thank you! How wonderful your sister will be there. There is loads to see in Austria. I was lucky this time to go venture out more. Vienna and Linz are my favourite places there.
Thanks so much Maria! xx
What a gorgeous view from your sister's apartment!
wow such beautiful and amazing photos! the scenery is absolutely stunning 😀
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Sometimes the "random" impromptu photos turn out to be the best ones in my experience. I often get so obsessed with taking good "blogging" photos that I forget to stop and enjoy the moment. Glad to hear you had a nice time, these photos are very pretty and capture the mood of the place very well!
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That black and white photo is fantastic! I love Austria – how cool that your sister lives there!
Wonderful pics, so lovely and unique 🙂
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What a super cute place I love this
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Thanks! That was actually the view from my apartment that we rented there. She has an even better view in her place! 🙂
I also take random shots, sometimes later I look at them and love them more! Thank you Kizzy.
Yes, I think a good balance is really the best way — enjoying the getaway and capturing a few memories as well. 🙂 /Madison
Exactly agree Cee. Thanks so much! 🙂
Haha, cute! I didn't even think about that, but yes, of course I love The Sound of Music, such a classic story and film. Thanks for your comment. xo
Excellent! Hope the weather is good there! Have a great time! 🙂
Absolutely! 🙂
I love love love getaways too! I'm headed for one tomorrow! 😉
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Wow it looks sooo amazing!
The view of the local shops is just gorgeous! I need to plan a summer getaway! 🙂
I've always wanted to venture to Austria since I was a little girl and watched The Sound of Music (which I will fully admit is my favorite movie..hehe). Stunning photos. That view of the Danube is so pretty. I'm the same way too…I'd much rather just relax on vacation that I always forget to carry my camera with me.
Love seeing some of your photos! The local shops look so wonderful!
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Looks like such a great trip! I know what you mean—I don't want to experience my entire vacation from behind a lens. But at the same time, I do want those pictures to look back on because sometimes memories fade quicker than I'd like them to.
I'm actually in Dublin as I type this. I took a good amount of photos today–because it's great to have images to look back at–but I also took time to just enjoy the sights without looking through a viewfinder. That's the best way to experience a new place.
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The best moments are always captured in the mind of the eye 🙂 And I absolutely love the black and white photo! I sometimes think that I take 'too' many photos and don't really give myself a chance to enjoy and absorb the environment, but then I love to look back and relive the moments that I was able to capture 🙂
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i am bad at taking photos and remembering to take them! i tried to do better this past beach trip. i even made a video–on the blog today. but it looks like i'm the only one on vacation! hehe
I love taking a lot of pictures on holiday – I always want to capture every moment! This looks like such a beautiful city.
At least with the photos you can't capture, you can always write them down and make a memory with them that way. 🙂
Really awesome pictures! And look at all those shops–they look fun to dig around in!
Hi Madison,
I love Austria, too, as you know now 🙂
Heard that there's flooding in Linz. Hope everyone's safe.
Love the b/w photo. So 50s which is one of my favourite decades.
My summer getaway will be end of July, somewhere in the Mediterranean. Hope there are no flight delays/cancellation this time around x
WOW!Just wow,honey!:)
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Thanks for your kind words on my last post!
Oh, I would love to visit Österreich one day, it seems so pretty!
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Nice photos! I would love to visit Austria again at some point…
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What a great view from your apartment, it's so beautiful!
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Great images and memories Madison. It's great to have a camera, but your mind snaps a photo of things and it will forever be in your memory. I'm with you on that. I hope to get to Tennessee this year, but not certain. A lot of bad weather has been passing that way (tornadoes). If not I'll go to Ohio where my aunt lives. We usually go there if a hurricane breaks out. LOL Wishing you a wonderful week doll.
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Cool shots! I want to travel now 🙂
It looks so like the villages out skirt of Berlin.
great post, Madison
Beautiful pictures and I am a freak with picture taking on getaway!
Looks like a beautiful city, its always interesting to see a place through someone else eyes, as they may have picked up on something you would have ordinarily missed out on.
Hi Madison! I need a getaway too! And I am as you, always have the camera to be ready to shoot!:) Your photos are great, have visited Austria and Linz years ago and I have a nice memory of the place, in particular for the chocolate!:) Kisses and happy Monday! xo
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It was lovely to see your photos of Austria and I too like the black and white one. It's now several years since I was there but I remeber it to be an absolutely charming country.
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Aaaaw….great pics, Madison:) Totally agree….it's those impromptu moments that kinda always stay with us when it comes to vacay memories.
Amazing photos, darling!
Would love to visit Austria someday 🙂
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CC
Some of my friends live in Vieanna – so I love Austria but I've never been in Linz…
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What lovely photos, Madison – especially that black and white shot! I used to go without my camera when travelling, but found thatwen I came back, I often wished that I had more tangible memories to share, so I've started carrying it more and more… it's all about personal preference, I think, and if you're okay with spending your holiday behind a lense 🙂
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It looks so like the villages out skirt of Berlin.
great post, Madison
you are so right about memories…photos vs. in your head! love both though 🙂
Lovely photos, my brother waxes lyrical about Austria (except how expensive everything was). My summer getaway will be Glastonbury in 3 weeks time! xxx
These pictures are amazing and I always love to get an idea of what it is like in other countries. I imagine it is an interesting place to visit. My sister is going to visit Austria next month
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Hope you had a great time with your sister. The photos are gorgeous. I haven't been in Linz yet but I visted Vienna once and loved it very much. It was so photogenic that I couldn't stop taking pics too. Wish you a happy Monday Madison. Do you still have crappy weather? We do 😀
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It was lovely to see your photos of Austria and I too like the black and white one. It's now several years since I was there but I remeber it to be an absolutely charming country.
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These are gorgeous doll, love the black and white. I tend to take random moment shots when i go on holiday. Sometimes I look at them and think why did I take that and then something pops out then I know why. It's more capturing the feeling of a place rather than just monuments and traveller pictures. I hope you have a marvellous new week doll xx
Nice place!! An you took some pretty pics!
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These pictures are amazing and I always love to get an idea of what it is like in other countries. I imagine it is an interesting place to visit. My sister is going to visit Austria next month
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Hope you had a great time with your sister. The photos are gorgeous. I haven't been in Linz yet but I visted Vienna once and loved it very much. It was so photogenic that I couldn't stop taking pics too. Wish you a happy Monday Madison. Do you still have crappy weather? We do 😀
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glamdevils
These are gorgeous doll, love the black and white. I tend to take random moment shots when i go on holiday. Sometimes I look at them and think why did I take that and then something pops out then I know why. It's more capturing the feeling of a place rather than just monuments and traveller pictures. I hope you have a marvellous new week doll xx
Nice place!! An you took some pretty pics!
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