Salzburg Day Trip

 Sunday, we spent the day in Salzburg. We drove to Carmen’s sister’s house, right outside the city. We ate a wonderful lunch there, salad and homemade lasagna that Carmen’s mom made. Mieta and Wolfgang were great hosts, and their house was so cute! We sat out in the backyard, where we could see the mountains. The mountains there are huge! It was so cool. After every meal, we drank coffee. So after drinking coffee, we talked for a little while longer, and then went into the city for the afternoon.

We shopped for a while in the huge line of tents set up along the Salzach River, and actually bought quite a lot! Stina and I bought Carmen a wallet, because she had been keeping her money in an envelope. I bought a few souvenirs for some friends and family, an awesome backpack, a little skirt, and a small gift for Carmen’s mom for hosting us. Stina and I split the cost of the gift, just a little heart shaped stone with a plant inside, that Mrs. Gnjezda can put in her garden. Carmen also bought matching friendship bracelets for the three of us, which I absolutely love. After shopping, we hit up the ATM because we’d spent all of our money, and then made a pact not to let each other spend a single Euro-cent more!

We explored the city, and saw the sets for the Sound of Music. We saw where Mozart was born and grew up, but didn’t go inside (pact not to spend another Euro-cent). We saw the castle, and just walked around. In the city center, there is a giant chess board painted on the ground, with huge chess pieces. We watched two men playing for a little while, but got bored watching them pretty quick. So off we went, just walking around. I have to be honest, the pact was broken when we kept passing ice cream shop after ice cream shop. It was just too hard to resist! I got one scoop of Cookies, and one scoop of Strawberry, and was a very happy camper. I think everyone knows how I feel about ice cream!

When we left Salzburg, we went back to Mieta’s house to pick up Carmen’s mom before driving back to Linz. On the way home, we stopped at the Moon Lake. It is a beautiful lake with mountains behind it. We got there just as it was getting dark, and took some great pictures! The drive from Linz to Salzburg is about an hour and a half, so not too bad but still really nice for them to take us for a daytrip! Great day.