Road trip to Hungary, part 5
Salzburg > Vienna > Austro-Hungarian border
Spent the day cruising through the Austrian Alps, stopping for lunch in Salzburg, a few snaps around the beautiful city of Vienna and then on to the Hungarian border.
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