On Saturday morning, we woke up early and headed around to the Hauptbahnhof or Central Train Station in Munich. Our 930 train headed to Budapest dropped us off in Salzburg, Austria just across the German border and nestled into the side of the Alps. One of the most famous composters, Mozart, is from Salzburg and his childhood home is available to visit for a few euros. The other claim to fame for this Austrian city is that it's countryside hosted the filming of the movie The Sound of Music. At our hostel, they showed the film everyday at 10:30 a.m. and an expensive tour was available to take you around to the places in the movie.
We chose to visit the city center where a Christmas market was winding down. We found some great street food vendors and some really good deals on Christmas decorations. Now we just have to get them home in one piece. After visiting the market and the church, we headed up to the hills where the Festung Hohensalzburg(City Fortress of Salzburg) is located.
It was built in 1077 and provides some absolutely amazing views of the valley Salzburg is in in addition to the Alps. We even saw a plane take off from the airport and the ascent takes it right over the mountains, which seems like it would be an amazing beginning to a flight. We wandered through the various castles, parks, and other places on the hill overlooking the city. The sun set around 4 p.m. so we made our way the Mülln Beer Hall, where we sampled the local beer. The interesting thing about the beer hall was that you had to pick your own stein off the wall, wash it out, then take it to a guy standing by a wooden barrel so he could fill your mug. Then you had to choose between the smoking and non smoking places to go sit and enjoy your food and beer.
We have really enjoyed our one night in Salzburg and are heading on to Vienna tomorrow to spend the next few days.
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