After a very nice weekend in Chiemsee, Germany with Mark and Tara, we packed up and headed for a day in Salzburg. Mark and Tara had to drive through Salzburg on their way back to Vicenza and we had to catch the train back to Munich, so, it was a nice break to do some sightseeing.
Travel Experience
We had seen the Salzburg castle all lit up at night when we arrived
on the train, but it was excellent to see the town during the day. We parked
on the opposite side of the river and walked into town, enjoying the views
from the bridge we walked across. Since Mark's Tara was tired due to being
pregnant, we enjoyed a carriage ride around town. We also walked around
the shopping street a little bit. The old-fashioned black iron signs for
all the shops - even McDonald's - were charming and the city was very well
kept. We're glad we stopped for a few hours here before boarding the train
for Munich.
After Seth & I had been on the train for an hour, we looked out the window onto a beautiful lake that looked really familiar. We didn't know it earlier, but the train between Salzburg and Munich went RIGHT BY the AFRC hotel and stopped maybe 5 minutes from the hotel!! Still, it was nice to see Salzburg!
| This was our first close up view of Salzburg. We are on a bridge walking
across to town and you can see the castle behind us. We saw the castle
initially when we our train was pulling into the station at night. It was
beautifully lit up.
Even though he's hard to see, Brownie accompanied us on our city tour of Salzburg since Tara didn't want him to stay in the car. You can barely make out his little head in-between us. |
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When: Sunday July 21, 1996
Tourist Offices: http://www.austria-info.at/oew/oew_e.html (global listing)
Web Sites: http://austria-info.at
Train: Salzburg, Austria -> Munich, Germany
Travel Time: About 2 hours via train
Hotel: not applicable
