Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Salzburg

We made the very hard decision to skip Budapest and make our way back to Germany via Salzburg. Budapest will have to wait until we can give it the time it deserves.

The 2-3 hour train ride through the pretty Austrian countryside flew by and we arrived in time for lunch before heading over the river into the old town. This is by far the busiest town we been to for a while, so we shuffled our way through the lane ways to various sites and then made our way up to the Hohensalzburg Fortress for views of the town below. At this point in our travels we no longer feel the need to visit every site so we skipped the fortress, headed back down to town and then up to the museum of modern art. But when we saw the view of the city with the fortress and mountains in the background we decided to skip the gallery and take in the view some more.

In the evening we dine in a beer garden and stumble upon the sound of Mozart resonating through a courtyard in the Mirabell Palace, so we enjoy our private concert.

Mirabell Palace

On of the main streets

Square

Sculpture in one of the squares

View from Museum of Modern Art

Salzburg by night

Salzburg by night

The window that provided our free concert

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