Day trip to Salzburg
The following day we got up early for a day trip out to
Salzburg. I had seen the amazing views
of the Alps from the train on the way into Munich, so I was very excited to see
the snow caped mountains on the way to Salzburg. So I was a little disappointed when I woke up
and found the city was covered in fog and overcast. Alas, there was no view of the mountains.
Salzburg is a very pretty burg (town). Pulling into the
station it looks like any normal modern urban town due to the fact that the
station was bombed during the war and thus needed to be rebuilt, but the town
itself survived mostly unscathed. The
real Salzburg comes into view across the river in the old town where it looks
like a scene from the movie Amadeus.
So we took a tour around the town and a
few of its key attractions and places of interest. It would have been nice to spend two full days
here as our free time
was spent in a gallery viewing an inspiring collection of
Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographic works.
It was a very serendipitous surprise to find one of my favourite
photographers in Salzburg! Due to the
overcast and foggy weather we didn’t bother to climb up to the fortress, as
there would not have been any view to speak of.
We also had the VERY evil and decadent chocolate cake called a "Sacher-Torte." A teat not to be missed!!
Unfortunately, that was all the time we had in Salzburg, so it was time
to head back on the train to Munich.
That night we have a very delicious dinner at the Lowenbrau Hofbrauhaus.
"Let the mind be enlarged to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind." - Francis Bacon
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