Travel Digest #168 - STATUS UPDATE: MULTIPLE COMMENTS

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@dejan.vuckovic is back with another amazing travel story, this time he's taking us to Austria, to visit his best friends' wedding. Whilst life ended up separating them for thousands of miles, the friendship never withered! With a few free days in Austria before the wedding, @dejan.vuckovic decides to cycle a part of the Salzkammergut route. But with snowfall, cycling is no longer option. A hike it is! The little town of Hallstatt is around 15km away. Before arriving at the track he meets a few mountain rangers who pretty much tell him that the track is closed, but if he's going to go anyways, he has to get the local coffee with beer in Hallstatt. Whilst after hiking the track in the snowy circumstances, made it clear why the track was closed. It was still well worth it!

@coldsteem takes us to the Covent Garden Market in London, England. The first thing @coldsteem notices is the variety in the streetperformers - from very skilled musicians, to dressed up guys asking money for a photo with them. The market itself, somehow manages to keep up with that trend, mixing formal shops with branded clothing together with a more flea-market type of environment. There are a few other notable attractions along Covent Garden Market as well, like the London Transport Museum and the Royal Opera House. At one end of the market you'll find the St. Paul's Church as well, there is a small garden, which makes it able to take a little breather from the hustle and bustle of the market.

For our last featured post of today @for91days takes us to Mafra, Portugal. One of Portugal's most monumental palaces can be found here. It's sheer size leaving you in awe already. The centerpiece of the palace is a basilica which holds six massive organs. This is unique in the world, and made for certain musical arrangements that can only be played there. Up until 1910 - which holds the end of the monarchy in Portugal - the palace was used by the Portuguese royalty. Whilst the palace is very impressive from the outside, it is not an inviting place on the inside. There are two rooms that do stand out though, the Trophy room - with all furniture made from antlers and hides, and the Rococo library, it's stunning and contains 36.000 ancient tomes.

Honorable Mentions

• Architecture, Uskudar, Turkey by @rosy440
• Forest, Meghalaya, India by @sjennon
• Dinant, Belgium by @travelshots
• Roman Theatre, Plovdiv, Bulgaria by @joythewanderer
• Mt Tapyas, Coron, Philippines by @spurnedwanderer
• Camden, UK by @adetorrent
• Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, BC, Canada by @carpedimus
• Hitch hiking, Poland by @barge
• Church, Kporivshtitsa, Bulgaria by @samanthajbarnes
• Petronas Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by @itsben
• Hanoi, Vietnam by @lichtcatchtoby
• Kamchatka, Russia by @narchuk
• Cusco, Peru by @world-travel-pro
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA by @anariggie
• Breweries, Ballarat, Australia by @mazzle
• Poland in 1994 by @barge

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