This was our first full day in Salzburg. We arrived yesterday after a very noisy train ride. There was a bachelor party on board with a lot of beer drinking young men. Arriving in the rain with umbrellas up, we walked out to our lodging. It is a lovely house about a 40 minute walk from old town. Johanna is the owner; and, she has a separate apartment in her home . A bathroom small kitchen and a large bedroom living room. She is a charming hoast and very helpful. Today we started out early about 0800 to get a 0915 hop on and hop off bus. We generally take this bus to get an overview of the city. This was an interesting ride and made especially appealing because Mozart,s music is playing in the background. Since this is the birthplace of Mozart we heard about his life and were shown where he lived. He died in his mid thirties after having 6 children and writing such beautiful music. Can you imagine what he could have done. We then started visiting the sites. We will share with you the pictures. We started with the fort and castle and the modern painting museum. These are all up high on the cliff and do offer spectacular views. Because it rained all day the views were not so fantastic. There are both churches and cathedrals and each different and unique.
For lunch we found a small pub and cafe that was not crowded. They did not have much to offer but we decided to try two of their traditional dishes. The first was weisswursts. This is a white sausage probably veal. It comes in a terrine of hot water and possibly spinach accompanied with large pretzel. It was delicious. The second meal was called a hunters meal. Sounded interesting. A very large board with several different cheeses thinly sliced, four or five different kinds of dried meat and sausage thinly sliced, pickles, peppers. bread and butter and two pates. We learned that the meat was from boars, deer, and maybe goats or sheep. The meal came with two white beers.
After lunch, we took the stairs to the castle and art museum. The view from the cliff above the city was spectacular. The plazas and streets are very crowded with turists all with umbrellas. The streets are alive with musicians all hoping for a contribution.
By 1600 we were exhausted and decided to head home to our little apartment
Horse bath
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