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A Day in Salzburg: St. Peter’s Abbey, Hohensalzburg Fortress and A Lot of Walking

Olha is here and I’m excited to recount my day in Salzburg — the starting point of my grand Austrian adventure during my volunteering at the European Wilderness Society with the support of Erasmus + European Solidarity Corp programme! Picture this: A rainy morning as a backdrop for the start of the adventure. But yet from that moment on, the sun accompanies me....

Volunteering trip to the picturesque places of Lungau

Hello everyone! It’s Olha here, and I’m excited to share that my beginning as a volunteer with the European Wildlife Society concluded with an incredible outdoor meeting and a delightful trip to the stunning places of Lungau. Lake Prebersee First stop was the mountain lake Prebersee in Schladminger Tauern. Nestled at the foot of Mount Preber (2,740....

Tamsweg, first volunteering day and  the medieval festival

Hey there! I’m Olha from Ukraine, and just a few days ago, I arrived in Tamsweg, kicking off my thrilling volunteering adventure in Austria and diving straight into the mesmerizing medieval festival in Mauterndorf! Application and welcoming Let me take you back to the beginning. At the end of June, I´ve submitted my Application package, and very soon, I became....

Alone in an Hostel

Instead of traveling directly to Vienna, I decided to make a short stop in Salzburg. I started looking for the most economic places to stay, because I wanted to save some money. After some research I found an hostel near the train-station. I had never been alone in a place like that. Before arriving I was pretty nervous but I was looking forward to it. Experience I....

The office in Salzburg

One day before Christmas, the whole team and the kids from one of our coworkers went to Salzburg together. After work in the morning was over, we headed to Salzburg. The plan was to go iceskating and to eat dinner afterwards. It was pretty cold and there were a lot of people walking around Salzburg. We arrived at the ice rink and we were able to watch an artistic....

My on-arrival training

From the 23rd of January until the 26th of January my on-arrival training took place. It was in Vienna. The group was made out of fifteen volunteers, 12 of us volunteering across Austria and three volunteering in Lichtenstein. The oldest one was almost 30 and the youngest ones (including me) were eighteen. We were a really interesting group coming from very different....

From the Warmth into the Cold

Hello to anyone reading this 😉 ! My name is Emma Rubin, I am 18 years old, and I am the new EWS volunteer from Spain. This is going to be my first post and therefore, the point from where my new journey in Austria is going to start! Everything leading to the current present, started around may 2022. I was almost finished with my last months of Highschool. I was happy....

Late Arrival training in Wien

Hello,  Dear reader of my wilderness diary In the middle of October I attended the arrival training in Vienna. I have already spent more than a half of my project, but according to the dates that was the first available slot, so I decided it would anyway nice to share my tips and tricks with newly arrived volunteers and meet some friends all over the Austria. ....

2-days of Alpine adventures

The best weekend so far, I spent with my friend in mountains. We had the plan to go hiking a few days long ago, but exactly this week she had an opportunity to come to Lungau. We were inspired by photos from previous volunteers’ adventures.  My friend had an opportunity to come just for three days, so we decided to spend two of them on mountain trails. Then we....

The hills are alive…

For the last weekend before Elena would leave EWS, we decided to have a final trip together. We chose Werfen, a small town in Salzburg with a spectacular castle and even more spectacular ice cave. However, we opted for a third attraction – the picnic meadow from The Sound of Music! Let’s start at the very beginning… We got to Werfen later that....