To Salzburg

The drop from Leongang to Salzburg is 1194 feet or 364 meters. It seems we are driving downhill most of the taxi ride between the two cities. Why aren't we on the train? Our luggage, burdened with the wine of Bordeaux and Austria, is too heavy for the two of us to get on and off the train. Klaus felt a taxi a better plan.

The downhill transfer to Salzburg is made in a plush Mercedes.

The scenery on the drive is beautiful.

Salzburg is an amazing city. We enter a tunnel and on the other side emerge into Old Town Salzburg, our hotel being immediately across the street. It is a short tunnel but runs beneath a huge cliff of granite.

 

Churches and cathedrals feature prominently in the old town's landscape.

Salzburg lies in a river valley with cliffs and mountains rising quickly on both sides of the river. A huge granite rock face with its fortress perched on top protected Salzburg in ancient times.

The Goldener Hirsch hotel and our suite are amazing even if we get lost attempting our first exit.

After checking in, we have lunch outdoors next to the hotel. After, we stroll the nearby streets.

We dine at the largest beer garden in Austria, Augustiner Bräu Mülln. The only available beer, a Marzden, should not suit CJ but it is quite pleasant.

After dinner we stroll the streets near the hotel.