It’s been quite some time since I posted, and a lot has been going on. Saturday, Doug, Lisha & I went to Salzburg, Austria. In order to give ourselves plenty of time, we left around 8:00 in the morning & arrived in Salzburg at 10:30. The entire way there, our train car was buffetted by rain & I thought we’d end up having to stay inside at various museums. Fortunately, it turned out to be a beautiful day. We were able to walk around Salzburg’s Getreidegasse (the famous shopping street), go up to the Festung (fortress), and see Mozart’s birth house. We also saw the Residenz & Salzburg’s beautiful churches.
It was a particularly great day to be in Salzburg, because Saturday marked the start of Euro 2008. The city had set up a stage with several large screens where football fans could watch the games. We were able to catch the first 15 minutes of the Switzerland-Czech game before having to catch the train home & it was a lot of fun to hear all of the cheering fans. Unfortunately, Switzerland lost 1-0.
Besides the site-seeing, the only other point to note is that coffee in Austria is “Melange.” Doug tried to order a coffee at a cafe & the waiter quite rudely told him: “In Austria, it is not coffee. It’s melange.” He was an ass.