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196 NIGHT OF THE TIGER

The jungle was quiet that night. As I stepped out of
the shower and toweled off, the only sounds I
heard were the occasional distant call of a "bark-
ing" deer and the tapping of moths against the
glowing lantern outside my room.

200 CRABS BUT NOT CRABBY

I needed a mini-vacation badly. Too many
months of isolation had gotten to me, and in
spite of the great green cathedral in my back-
yard, Central Park, I wanted a quick getaway,
an antidote to burn-out, I insisted on a place
which would not require a plane ride and a
place on the water, as lakes, rivers and oceans
always sooth me,.

208 SALZBURGER LAND

“Oh, is it the one with the kittens and mittens?”
my husband asked as city guide Michaela Muhr
began to talk about the Sound Of Music while
we walked through the streets of Salzburg. Un-
known to me, as a child, he used to watch it ev-
ery year for Christmas however, most Austrians
don’t have any idea what Julie Andrews’ fa-
vorite things are.

Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel writing,
the most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as Travel Editor of The
San Diego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor of the San Diego News Network
Travel Page. Alisonwrites a monthly Travel Deals column for the San Diego Union-Tribune
and is a regular freelance contributor to the travel sections of the Los Angeles Times, USA
Today and AOL Travel. Learn more about Alison on her website, www.AlisonDaRosa.com

Carl H. Larsen

Carl H. Larsen is a veteran journalist based in San Diego. He now focuses on travel
writing, and issummoned to pull out his notebook whenever there’s the plaintive cry of
a steam locomotive nearby. In San Diego, he is a college-extension instructor who has
led courses on the Titanic and the popular TV series “Downton Abbey.”

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