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Germany, and Austria ittinerary advice.

Hello everyone. This is a rough itinerary. for my solo trip to Germany, and Austria. I'm asking for advice from fellow travelers, and I'm open to recommendations. I will be Flying out of Pittsburgh 30 August. with a connection in Franfkurt.

1 September I will be flying into berlin Tegel. I will be staying near Alexander Platz. I will stay there until either 5,6 September. While in Berlin I will take a day trip to Potsdam.
Then I will take a train to Leipzig. I will be there all of 6 September. I'm debating on ariving the eveining of 5 September, or morning of 6 September. Then I will take sleeper train to Innsbruck

7 and 8 September I want to Spend in Tyrol. I dont have any accommodations booked yet, but have heard nothing but good things about Hall.

From there I was thinking about taking a Flixbus overnight to Vienna. I know it won't be the best night sleep, but I have done overnight Greyhound trips, and it can't be worse then that.

9,10,11 September I will be staying in Vienna near the Naschtmark.

12,13,14 September I will yaking a train from Vienna to Salzburg. From there I will be staying in St. Wolfgang. There is an event there. That I already have my ticket for. While Im there I want to go to Hallstat, and the Kaiser Villa.

15 September I haven't made any plans for this day yet.

16 September I will be flying home to Pittsburgh from Frankfurt. I Need to be at the Airport no later than 13:00.

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Info: Accomodation in Berlin will be very expensive at these dates (IFA fair, festival, ...).

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Then I will take a train to Leipzig. [...] Then I will take sleeper train to Innsbruck

There is no sleeper train between Leipzig and Innsbruck. The nereast point of departure would be Göttingen (3 hours from Leipzig) where you could catch NJ 40491 (dep. 22:59). There is a direct overnight Flixbus dep. Leipzig 23.20 arr. Innsbruck 7:10 (you will probably feel miserable after that trip)

From there I was thinking about taking a Flixbus overnight to Vienna.

All Flixbuses from Innsbruck to Vienna have an transfer in Munich in the middle of the night. So you would get not much sleep. You might use the direct sleeper train D 408 (Nice - Moskwa) instead (23:14 - 6:02) or EN 40467 (1:28 - 6:35).

15 September I haven't made any plans for this day yet.

Travel time between Salzburg and Frankfurt (5:00 to 5:40) leaves not much time for activities. Spend the rest of the day in Frankfurt. There is enough to do there. Stay near the train station; S-Bahn to the airport is only 10 min.