Sunshine in Salzburg

On Thursday Leisel and I experienced one of the first nice sun shiny days in Salzburg. We decided to take advantage of this sunshiny day and go to the huge cathedral and the Hohensalzburg Fortress! We started out the day taking a bus to Altstadt (Old Town). From there we walked to the Dom, the cathedral church of St Rupert & St Virgil. This Dom was really cool. It is so tall and beautiful. The ceilings have amazing paintings and wood carvings.

From the Dom we walked to the Hohensalzburg Fortress. The walk up was tiring. I kept thinking of the Amazing Race. If the task was to get to the top of the Hohensalzburg Fortress I’m pretty sure all the old people would die if they had to run up to the top. But the Fortress was really cool. It was built in the 11^th century and the final remodeling of it was finished in the 16^th century.

The view for the top of the fortress was amazing. You had a great view of Salzburg and the river and the countryside.

They had a few museums inside the fortress. One of the museums was about the fortress. It gave a history and showed artifacts from the time and all the important and educational things that you needed to know about the museum. The other museum was about puppets. It was really random. I don’t know why they had it. But there were a bunch of creepy puppets which I guess is pretty cool. And they also had a cool thing where you can stick your face from The Sound of Music.

After the Fortress we walked down and watched a chess match. There is a cool place by the side of the Dom where they have a really big chess board with big chess pieces. We wanted to play a game of chess but there was one already in progress and the two guys that were playing were really intent and when the match ended they started another game. It was cool to watch and very confusing. I am really bad at chess.

A traditional and delicious food in Salzburg is called the Bosna. It is two sausages in 2 pieces of bread with ketchup, mustard, spices, and onions. It was delicious! I love sausages here! We got it from a stand in the plaza and the guy running the stand was really nice and funny. He gave me and Leisel “souvenirs” from Salzburg which were the caps off a Stiegl beer. Yes!

To finish off the sunny day in Salzburg we went and walked around Mirabell Gardens. We had been there before but not during the day. I cannot wait for when it becomes spring and when there are flowers there. There is an amazing view of the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the churches on that side of the river. You may know Mirabell Gardens from The Sound of Music. They are beautiful!
I am grateful for sunny days in Salzburg.