Heute ist dein tag!! We checked out of our hotel (sad face!!) and went for one last trip around the city on our tram to Sudbahnhof...
After our Sacher torte and apfel strudel for breakfast, and an Anker leberkäsesemmel for good measure, we collected our bags and made our way through the U-bahn to Westbahnhof, the west train station. Here we got our tickets to Salzburg on the newest train the OBB have, and had (another) sandwich... Yes, it was a leberkäsesemmel... They are just so good!!!
On traaaaain (Michael McIntyre reference) we got to see a nice slice of Austrian countryside; a lot of which was flat farmland with sweet traditional farm houses. Then the Alps appeared, high and majestic and covered in snow! This is the Austria I remember...
Arriving in Salzburg was such an awesome feeling, it's like coming home as everything is familiar and friendly. One obvious improvement however was the Haiptbahnhof (main station) has been renovated, and now it looks quite like a modern Munich station! (formerly it was very dirty, uninspiring and quite '70s)
My darling buddy Kathrin surprised us on the platform and after a humongous hug and introductions for Em, we went for a drink up the Hotel Stein. This has one of the prettiest views in all of Salzburg, as we sat on the rooftop balcony and looked out over the river and rooftops to the Old City spires and the burg :)
Then we went to Roger & Diana's house - their new flat in Grödig. After the worlds longest hug with Rog, my bro, we got shown around the flat (wowzers!!!!) and then went for dinner in the city.
Ahh, it feels good to be home and to be amongst the friends I made my family while living here :)
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