Once we ran to the bus station (for no reason, it didn't come for another five minutes!) we caught the 25 into Salzburg, and got off ... somewhere I didn't recognize! So we strolled for about five minutes until I got my bearings - at the Man on the Mozartkugel in Domeplatz!
Most of our wander was spent with me pointing out random things I knew about the city, or little stories that had happened in this street/bar/area. Such as, when we walked down the main shopping street, Getridegasse, I told Em the story of Roger on his 27th birthday, when he stole balloons then jumped on Kylea to get a piggy-back... They both collapsed, it was very funny (at the time, anyway!)
I introduced Em to the original Mozartkugel, which are in silver and blue foil and have dark chocolate. Even though they have marzipan which makes her pull funny faces, she ate it all :) we also got pretzel's from 'Der original Brezlstand in Salzburg'!
We saw Mozart's Geburthaus (his birthplace) and had a coffee and cake at Cafe Tomiselli, one of the original cafe houses in the city. Apparently it's been there since 1621...!
There are a lot of shops selling traditional clothing, lederhosen and dirndl's. We were suuuper tempted to try a dirndl on, there were some gorgeous colors and we would look so cute in traditional Bavarian dress! But we didn't want the shop keepers to hate us, and so refrained. Aside: Emma noticed how many underwear stores Salzburg has. So true!!!
On the way back to the bus stop, we walked through Marienplatz, looking back over the gardens up to the berg, and walked up the steps Maria & the Von Trapp kids sung 'Doh A Deer' on...
On Wednesday when we visited the old city, it was a stark contrast: cloud free, shining sun and warm! Thus, we walked from the Hauptbahnhof to the Old City. We passed over the footbridge that some people have put padlocks on; I assume they then throw the key into the river? (some had dials or combination locks, which I think defeats the purpose of this gimmick, but anyhow)
We played tourist and had a ride in a Viaker - a horse and cart. We had two big honey-colored horsies who didn't even flinch at buses, who gave way to us! It was amazing how nice the city looks when you're being driven around!
We had another pretzl from 'Der original Brezlstand in Salzburg' and went up Monchsberg, which has my favourite view of the city and also quite a nice cafe. We enjoyed a glass of Prosecco while also drinking in the beautiful view of my city :)
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