Wait! I had the surprise but our story is not over yet. To travel internationally takes a long time to prepare. Domestic travel is easy. All you need is your train or plane ticket. However, international travel involves a lot of complications. You need to possess a passport which fortunately I already was in possession of. The next big hurdle in international travel is to get a Visa. The application process is bureaucratic but we managed to pass through them. We had applied for the Schengen visa which covers the following countries as part of its common border policy:
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Fortunately, the four countries we would be visiting did fall under the purview of the Schengen Area. On September 11th, the Austrian government finally approved our visa and one hassle was taken care of. The next problem was finding winter clothing to protect ourselves from the cold weather there. Since I live in India, a tropical country, winter clothes were hard to find in the autumn season. We did manage to find a couple of windcheaters from a sports goods store. Now, we were prepared for the great adventure
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