Stiegal, wurst & pretzels

So we arrived in Salzburg at about 2pm after a smooth train ride from Vienna. The views was fabulous. We managed to get on an earlier train than planned so once we'd walked to the hotel we still had a full afternoon to look around.

Neither if us has had any substantial sleep since Thursday, but the sun was shining and we didn't want to waste the time we have.

We're about 15 mins walk from the centre of Salzburg, but it seems very safe and very clean!! We headed into the centre and familiarised ourselves with where things were. We found the tourist information office and after some deliberation (about 5 seconds) we booked onto a Sound of Music tour for first thing tomorrow. We get collected from our hotel first thing then taken to all the sites. VERY EXCITED!!

We're also going to get a Salzburg card that gives us free entry & transport for 48 hours to other places such as the fortress on the hill.

Salzburg is Mozart crazy. However the Haydn museum is only €2 and Victoria prefers Haydn.

We found a restaurant for tea in the centre. Andrew had bernewestl (saugages with bacon & cheese) with chips; Vuctoria had rotbratwerstl (sausages) with saurkraut and potatoes. Both were delicious, but as we were eating, the clouds descended and it got very very dark. We paid and made our way back to the hotel stopping to buy some sweet pretzels for desert. This was a good move because as we walked back a thunder storm emerged. A bit bedraggled we made it back to the hotel var for a beer.


We're tucking into the beer (stiegel is the local beer) and pretzels in our room as we're going to flake out very soon ready for tomorrow's excitement!

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Location:Bayerhamerstraße,Salzburg,Austria