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Salzburg

Gatorbill
2004-04-24 15:43:05

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Day 10 - Monday May 24, 1999 - Salzburg, Austria: The train trip from Vienna to Salzburg took a little over three hours. At the train station, I got a map of the city, and purchased a Salzburg Card (200ATS) that provides a 24 hour bus pass, and 24 hours of free entrance to the city's sights. It was such a nice afternoon, that I decided to walk to my nearby hotel, Pension Trumerstube at 6 Bergstrasse (995ATS per night, breakfast included), and checked in. It was another nice, clean, and larger than expected room with a window facing the small front street. I walked from my hotel to go into the old town across the Salzach river, I reached the small pedestrian Markatsteg bridge, and got my first sight of Salzburg a magnificent view of the river with the old town across the way all surrounded by beautiful green mountains, and the white Hohensalzburg Fortress up on top of the hill. At the entrance to the bridge, there was a large group of punk rocker teenagers who appear to live in the streets, and since they had some rather dangerous looking dogs, I decided it would be smarter to walk further down to the larger Staatsbrucke bridge to cross into the old town. It was getting late in the day, and all the sights were closed, so I just walked around the small town center in order to familiarize myself with it.

Day 11 - Tuesday May 25, 1999 - Salzburg, Austria: I woke up early, and walked into the old town, this time through the Markatsteg pedestrian bridge which was un-occupied by the dangerous looking teenagers. It was a very nice sunny day, and I was once again amazed by the scenic beauty of Salzburg's old town, being right next to the beautiful rapid running Salzach river, and totally surrounded by the lush green mountains. I walked to the Mozartplatz, at the center of this plaza is a statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Salzburg's most famous son who called the city home for the first 24 years of his life. I walked southwest into ...