Monday July 14,2014
On the railjet train from Salzburg to Zurich. About 5 1/2 hours, and seeing lots of beautiful countryside. Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful day for walking Salzburg and today looks the same, warming into the 70’s. Yesterday morning we found a nice coffeeshop near the hotel for a light breakfast then grabbed a taxi to the other end of old city to the high fortress. The fortress can be seen from around the city and was one of the few never over taken from the 1200’s on. Luckily a tram took us up, although you can walk. Beautiful sights overlooking the city and countryside, amazing how it could have been built. Salzburg is home to Steigl Bier, and near the base of the fortress is the Steigl bier hall with a garden overlooking the city. It was now afternoon and a good place to stop for a light kase and sausage plate, of course with a few beers. After that we continued down into the old city and sightseeing. Even though most stores are closed on Sunday many restaurants and cafes are open and enough vendors to suit us! Past Mozart’s birthplace, multiple churches. The Mirabel Palace and Gardens are beautiful and I think we visited the perfect time of year. And now we need to rewatch The Sound of Music to try and match the views! By the time we walked across city back to our hotel it was time for an ice cream and a break! I caught up on details for today’s trip and then we planned a dinner in the hotel restaurant, supposedly the Pitter has the oldest bier kellar in Salzburg. And our reservations were necessary since the World Cup Football game started while we were there! So travel day today, and looking forward to settling down in Switzerland for the rest of the week!
overlooking Salzburg from the fortress
tram up to the fortress
Looking out from the fortress
Stiegl seasonal specialty
platz at Mozart’s birthplace
Mirabel gardens
the girls were models for the statue!
Sounds like a wonderful time
I notice that the models must have put there clothes on for the camera.
Randy, Stiegl makes my new favorite beer, its a grapefruit beer and is awesome, You might be lucky enough to try it on tap. Were the girls posing or were they hearing someone playing YMCA and just wanted to dance? Keep enjoying the trip…Wally
You guys are soooo lucky. Out of the 4 times I’ve been to Salzburg it has rained 3. Glad you enjoyed all the sights. We make all of our kids walk up to the top of the fortress at the end of the day. Our goal is to absolutely exhaust them, so they sleep at night. Personally, I think it is a long, hard walk!!! I do it, however. I’ve had a few Stiegels too. Don’t tell my kids that. One year I was so stressed out that our bus driver snuck one into the hostel in a paper bag and that is how we drank it. Totally inconspicuous!! 🙂
We are really enjoying your travelog and the pictures are great. Keep them coming!
Great travelog and super pix. Keep them coming.
Looks like you are all having a great time. Love the pictures! Enjoy!
You all look like you are having a wonderful time! What amazing sites.
Great pics. Sounds like a great place, have fun.