Today was Munich’s 850th birthday, although you can probably judge from the picture to the right that I cared very little for the actual celebration. There was cake!! Rischart, one of the major local bakeries, had made 850 cakes in honor of the city’s birthday, which it was giving away on a first-come-first serve basis. Without going into major details, it suffices to say that I managed to get my hands on one of the birthday cakes. I’m proud to say I did it without pushing, shoving, kicking, biting, or scratching. I can’t say the same for the other Germans in line with me, though.
Tag: food
Salzburg
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.
Joseph Schaeffer 