Transportation: Brent Schwartz
Accommodations: David Hinkle
Natural: John Olive
Cultural: Brendan Adams
Monument: Jeanna Lemley
Sport: Meghan Dees
Posted By: Brent Schwartz
8 October, 2010: Day 1 in Salzburg
After a long day on the road everyone was glad to finally get to Salzburg. We arrived at about 10:00pm and headed straight for the hotel to drop of our baggage and get settled in. This week we are staying in the Hotel Garni Evido right in the middle of the city. It is about a 5 minute walk from the center of Salzburg, which should save us a little money on gas. Our new Range Rover isn't exactly eco-friendly. The hotel also offers a buffet breakfast every morning, which is going straight to our expanding alcohol budget.
For 7 nights the hotel is going to cost us 1,306 euros for the whole group. It isn't exactly glamorous, but we don't plan on spending too much time there. Surprisingly, this was one of the cheapest hotels in the city even though it was newly built. We booked one quadrouple room for the guys in the group and a double for the girls. When we got to the hotel we were confused, because it looked much more like a nightclub then a hotel. After asking around a little we realized that the hotel is located on the second floor above a first floor bar...this could be an interesting week. While most guests would cringe at the idea of staying right above a nightclub, a group of college kids should be able to make do. Everyone was tired after a day on the road and settled in to go to bed.
After trying to go to sleep for about an hour, the guys realized that this was going to be interesting trying to sleep above a loud nightclub. But hey, if you cant beat them, join them. We got dressed and headed to the bar about midnight. After a few beers we were all exhausted, and thankfully the club closed at 2:00am on weekdays. Several beers and 60 euros later the bar cleard out we went back upstairs to go to bed. We were all excited to experience the city the next morning, but after a long day Salzburg might just have to wait a few more hours.
9 October, 2010: Day 2 in Salzburg
Accommodations: David Hinkle
Natural: John Olive
Cultural: Brendan Adams
Monument: Jeanna Lemley
Sport: Meghan Dees
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Transportation
So now it was time for all of us to pack up and leave beautiful city of London London Germany England Austria Portsmouth English Channel . It costs 82 Euros for our car to get on board the ferry that took us across to Le Havre , France English Channel . After me and David’s quick versions of being seasick, we all relaxed in the bar inside the ferry where a couple guys bought us all drinks. They went by the names of Dieter and Gustav, we later learned that they only bought the drinks to be able to talk to Meghan and Jeanna because they ended up never talking to us after and actually attempted to by the girls another drink each! Of course we needed something to go along with our drinks so we all ordered meals at the restaurant inside and we all ordered Schnitzel, which is a German specialty, kind of a cross between chicken and steak, lunch was about 40 euros, which was a really good price for six full course meals.
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Posted By: Brent Schwartz
8 October, 2010: Day 1 in Salzburg
After a long day on the road everyone was glad to finally get to Salzburg. We arrived at about 10:00pm and headed straight for the hotel to drop of our baggage and get settled in. This week we are staying in the Hotel Garni Evido right in the middle of the city. It is about a 5 minute walk from the center of Salzburg, which should save us a little money on gas. Our new Range Rover isn't exactly eco-friendly. The hotel also offers a buffet breakfast every morning, which is going straight to our expanding alcohol budget.
Accomodations by David Hinkle
9 October, 2010: Day 2 in Salzburg
In London, we waited until the last day to really see the city. We decided to take a tour on our first day this time, so we could learn our way around the city a little bit. The 2 girls woke up and went to the complimentary breakfast, but after last night the guys were dead to the world until about noon. Our we are going to be picked up for our tour at 1:30 so we quickly showered and went to grab a quick lunch.
The bus tour includes Mirabell Gardens, Leopoldskron Castle, Hellbrunn Castle, Nonnberg Abbey, Wedding Church Mondsee, St.Gilgen, Lake Wolfgang, and several other historic and cultural sites around the city. Pleasantly surprised by the tour, we were all ready to explore the city ourselves and find out more about the parts of the city that aren't on your typical tourist map.
The tour lasted about 4 hours and we got back to the hotel at 6:30. It was 30 euros per person, which included the tour and pick up from the hotel. The girls haven't eaten since breakfast, so we set out to find some traditional Austrian food. Our tour guide reccomended a cafe called Triangel Salzburg. We enjoyed a great tender goulash, and some sausages with potato salad, and of course, fresh beer, this time a Franziskaner Weissbier. The food cost about 12 euros a person and another 9 each for beer, a small price to pay for a real taste of the local culture. After all, food is culture. After dinner and a few beers we got back to the hotel around 10:00 and settled in for the night. For the first time in my life I had a strange urge to watch The Sound of Music...strange huh?
post by David Hinkle
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10 October, 2010: Day 3 in Salzburg
Today in the scenic and mountainous Austria as our sport activity the group decided to travel to Innsbruck to the mountain of the infamous Nordpark. Since it was during the month of October, there was unfortunately no snow on the ground, however, a few of the lifts were still operating, there were hiking trails available for use, as well as a Flying Fox zip line. We woke up very early to get ready, eat some breakfast, drink some coffee, plan our routine for the day, get the vehicle gassed up, and headed out. Innsbruck is about 1 hour and 45 minutes from Salzburg, which is where we were staying. So it wasn’t a very far trip for this excursion. We left our hotel around 6:00 am.
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| Driving through the mountains Arriving to Nordpark, Innsbruck around 8:00 am, we parked at the bottom of the mountain and unloaded some of our small backpacks which held water bottles, snacks, and John sneaked a bottle of wine in his pack. For our first adventure, we decided to hike the Goethe path, which starts at the station of Hafelekar, round trip at walking speed is about 4.5 hours. We wanted to start this as soon as possible in order to still ride the Flying Fox, or those who had the courage too. Restaurants were also located at different altitudes of Nordpark in which we could eat a late lunch upon finishing our day. |
Nevertheless we put on our hiking faces, sucked it up and started up the mountain. In order to start at the correct trail we needed to take the lift system up to that point. A roundtrip from Innsbruck to Hafelekar was 26 EU per person, totaling to be about 156.00 EU. As we rode the lift, we were able to capture the magnificent views of the surrounding lands, all of us were amazed. We exited the lift and headed for the trail. We stopped about halfway through and ate our snacks. Also when we achieved the highest point on the trail, John popped open the bottle of wine and we all toasted for making it this far—up the mountain and in our around the world trip.
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| Picture from the Goethe Trail we hiked. |
After taking about 30 minutes to rest our legs we ventured out on the last leg of the trail; finishing up the trail around 2:30 pm left us at perfect timing to test our nerves on the Flying Fox, since it runs until 4 pm on Sundays and the cost if free. Personally my fear of heights did not make this adventure very comforting. However, I couldn’t come all the way to Austria and not try this just to say I did it, so I did! I was the one screaming the whole way down. The line is about 100 meters long and about 20 meters off the ground, giving the participant a great aerial view of Innsbruck. Each of us managed to ride the Flying Fox, and everyone had a blast, but we were so exhausted. Before leaving we decided to eat some food at their restaurants. We ate the Alpenlounge Seegrube & Hafelekar Restaurant where their culinary food selection made some of us curl our nose. Food culture is one of the hardest things to overcome if you aren’t accustom to it. Not being rude we ate our meal and headed to our vehicle, back to Salzburg we go for the remainder of our evening. We arrived back at the hotel around 9 pm that night, exhausted we all showered and took naps discussing if we should roam the city that night.
Total trip time: 6 am - 9 pm
Total Cost including gas and food: 336.00 EU
Activity by Meghan Dees
We had a long day, and after we got back to the hotel nobody wanted to go back out. We decided to just order a pizza to the hotel and crash early. We went to the front desk for a reccomendation and were told that PizzaMann had good cheap pizza.
It was 14.99 for a large pizza and we ordered 3 for the group. After tip we ended up spending 55 euros, but it was well worth it for a quiet night. We were sp tired, noone had trouble sleeping through the noise downstairs. After a much needed day off from drinking, we went to bed around 11pm to recharge for the second half of our week.
meal by David Hinkle
We had a long day, and after we got back to the hotel nobody wanted to go back out. We decided to just order a pizza to the hotel and crash early. We went to the front desk for a reccomendation and were told that PizzaMann had good cheap pizza.
It was 14.99 for a large pizza and we ordered 3 for the group. After tip we ended up spending 55 euros, but it was well worth it for a quiet night. We were sp tired, noone had trouble sleeping through the noise downstairs. After a much needed day off from drinking, we went to bed around 11pm to recharge for the second half of our week.
11 October 2010, Day 4 in Salzburg
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After a full day of drinking we all needed a good meal. David's favorite food is Mexican, and since he drove all day we decided he could choose where we ate. We decided to walk a couple blocks to the only Mexican restaurant in Salzburg. We went to a cantina called LemonChilli, which is about a 15 minute walk from our hotel. The food menu is Mexican food including ribs, jalapenos, gambas, chili, enchiladas, burritos, and even spicy chicken wings for Brendan.
We sat down and immediately asked for a drink menu, which may not have been the best idea. They sell beer by the six pack and fishbowl margaritas...this could be an interesting night. We went through 3 six packs of Turner Green beer for 14 euros a piece and another 5 fishbowl margaritas for 7 euros each. We had already dropped 77 euros before we got any food.
They offer a mix of authentic Mexican cuisine and TexMex food. After everyone ordered our tab came out to 155 euros including drinks and tip. Our night ended with a drunken race back to the hotel to get to the bathroom first. Maybe Mexican wasn't such a good idea...
meal by David Hinkle
http://www.lemonchilli.at/index.php?view=sysLemonchilli2.sKarte
12 October, 2010 Day 5 in Salzburg
After a hard day yesterday, I woke up ridiculously sore this morning and seeing no one else even up, I went back to sleep. At around 11am I finally stumbled out of bed and roused the rest of the group. We got our stuff together and decided to go find some food. We decided to walk down the street to a coffeehouse called Peter Lohe because we had heard great things about it. The coffee was fantastic and even though they didn’t serve traditional meals, the cakes and danishes were out of this world. While sitting on the deck drinking coffee, I decided that being that we were in Austria; we needed to find some real beer.
I wandered back up the street to our hotel and asked the clerk if there were any local breweries in Salzburg. She informed me that there were in fact three very large breweries in the area and then supplied us with a map. A quick game of “not it” left David as the designated driver and we headed off for an afternoon of drunken debauchery, I mean culture…
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| David missed this day in kindergarten |
The first brewery we hit was Augustiner. This brewery tried to “fancy it up” with what they call a “living brewery museum.” After John explicitly told them we were here for the beer and free glasses not a learning experience, we moved directly to the tasting room. We were there in time to try the new batch of Christmas Bock a nice dark and very smooth ale. The Marzen is their everyday brew and was very tasty as well. Upon seeing all of the wooden barrels for sale, Meghan wanted to buy one of the smaller ones (15 liters) to just throw in the Rover for the remainder of the trip. After explaining that the beer would most likely not last more than a few days with us and even if it did last until we got to Croatia, we would most definitely have to stop every 30 minutes for a break.
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| Bad choice for road trip supplies |
Our next stop was the Die Weisse brewery….this was an experience in culture shock to say the least. I don’t think anyone in the building spoke real English and I had no idea what these people were saying. They did however provide free beer following with loud triumphant shouts and a lot of dancing. This was seriously like Willy Wonka’s factory if Willy was a fat drunk Austrian who threw glasses of beer at the patrons while yelling “yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!! Das good yes??!!!” I think he scared Brent and by this time David was getting rather irritated being the only one sober.
Our last stop for the evening was the Stiegl factory. Stiegl claims to be the official beer of Salzburg and operates the largest independent brewery in the country. This place had the largest selection of current brews and all were pretty tame. They even had some fruity shit made with lemonade, raspberries, and grapefruit juice called Radler. Jeanna sucked that stuff down like fruit punch when the guide wasn’t looking. The Stiegl and Steigl Gold were absolutely delicious. A pretty standard lager, it just tasted better coming out of the tankard. We finished the tour and went to the brewery shop and grabbed 3 cases of mixed bottles and a case of Radler for breakfast and Jeanna.
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| Stiegl: pretty damn official |
David drove us back to the hotel and quickly caught up to the rest of us. At this point, I would punch a horse for some hotwings or cheese fries.
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After a full day of drinking we all needed a good meal. David's favorite food is Mexican, and since he drove all day we decided he could choose where we ate. We decided to walk a couple blocks to the only Mexican restaurant in Salzburg. We went to a cantina called LemonChilli, which is about a 15 minute walk from our hotel. The food menu is Mexican food including ribs, jalapenos, gambas, chili, enchiladas, burritos, and even spicy chicken wings for Brendan.
We sat down and immediately asked for a drink menu, which may not have been the best idea. They sell beer by the six pack and fishbowl margaritas...this could be an interesting night. We went through 3 six packs of Turner Green beer for 14 euros a piece and another 5 fishbowl margaritas for 7 euros each. We had already dropped 77 euros before we got any food.
They offer a mix of authentic Mexican cuisine and TexMex food. After everyone ordered our tab came out to 155 euros including drinks and tip. Our night ended with a drunken race back to the hotel to get to the bathroom first. Maybe Mexican wasn't such a good idea...
meal by David Hinkle
http://www.lemonchilli.at/index.php?view=sysLemonchilli2.sKarte
12 October, 2010 Day 5 in Salzburg
Today we headed out to view some of the ancient buildings in Salburg. Our first stop was Altes Rathaus, which means Old Town Hall. Amazingly, this building was built in the 15th century and it is still in decent condition today. Some work had to be done on it after the second World War, however they tried to keep the character true to the original build date. After spending a few minutes looking at the old architecture, we quickly got bored. Thankfully, admission was free so we didn't feel as if we got ripped off.
The next stop on our list was Festung Hohensalzburg. Unfortunately, we didn't get so lucky as with the free admission as from Atles Rathaus. However, we decided to splurge a bit and purchase the Fortress Card which included a ride up and down the giant hill on the castle lift, I figured after our last excursion at the Kew Gardens, everyone would be ready to push me off the footpath if I made them climb anymore steep hills! And for only costing 63 Euros for all of us, it was not a bad deal.
Brendan and John thought that it would be funny to try and shake the lift back and forth as we were climbing up the hill - being fearful of heights, I definitely did not agree! After a couple of dirty glares from myself and other passengers, the boys gave it up and remained still for the rest of the ride. One of the first stops we made was the museum of the World of Puppets - I figured this would create a reaction similar to the one that the fairies caused, however everyone seemed ok viewing exhibits about the world of puppets and the puppet theater. As we were walking around the Fortress, the audio guide was telling us all about the impressive history. After it mentioned something about torture chambers, I knew where we were headed next. I opted to stay upstairs, however the rest of the crew decided they just had to see where all the torture took place.
Somehow, after they all came back up from the torture chambers, they were all starving. I still don't understand how looking at torture devices can make someone want to eat, but we practically ran to go find some good food - I guess that hotel breakfast wasn't holding us over as much as we thought it was! Whenever we found the Restaurant Hohensalzburg, we had a hard time trying to figure out exactly what we were getting! With such vast food options from Austrian to simply international, we were all mixed with dread and anticipation as what the food would actually taste like. In the end, I played it safe and got essentially fried chicken and mushrooms. Surprisingly, most of the food was similar to what we could get at home, just cooked a different way. John got the plate of different sausages and cabbage, Meghan got some pork steak and peppers, Brendan and Brent both got some type of roasted salmon entree, and David wound up essentially with spaghetti and cheese. Total cost for our late lunch was 80 Euros.
Untersberg straddles the border between Germany and Austria and is the center of legends. According to legend Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (of the Holy Roman Empire) is asleep inside Untersberg, taken care of by the "Untersberger Mandln", small dwarf-like creatures. His beard is said to be growing longer and longer around a round table and to have grown round two times. Myth says that when the beard has grown three times around the table the end of world has come. Every hundred years he awakes and when he sees the ravens still flying around the Untersberg he sleeps for another century. When Frederik leaves the mountain, the last great battle of humankind will be fought on the Walserfeld. This is a field at Wals, west of Salzburg.
Hangar 7
Natural Activity by John Olive
Brendan and John thought that it would be funny to try and shake the lift back and forth as we were climbing up the hill - being fearful of heights, I definitely did not agree! After a couple of dirty glares from myself and other passengers, the boys gave it up and remained still for the rest of the ride. One of the first stops we made was the museum of the World of Puppets - I figured this would create a reaction similar to the one that the fairies caused, however everyone seemed ok viewing exhibits about the world of puppets and the puppet theater. As we were walking around the Fortress, the audio guide was telling us all about the impressive history. After it mentioned something about torture chambers, I knew where we were headed next. I opted to stay upstairs, however the rest of the crew decided they just had to see where all the torture took place.
Somehow, after they all came back up from the torture chambers, they were all starving. I still don't understand how looking at torture devices can make someone want to eat, but we practically ran to go find some good food - I guess that hotel breakfast wasn't holding us over as much as we thought it was! Whenever we found the Restaurant Hohensalzburg, we had a hard time trying to figure out exactly what we were getting! With such vast food options from Austrian to simply international, we were all mixed with dread and anticipation as what the food would actually taste like. In the end, I played it safe and got essentially fried chicken and mushrooms. Surprisingly, most of the food was similar to what we could get at home, just cooked a different way. John got the plate of different sausages and cabbage, Meghan got some pork steak and peppers, Brendan and Brent both got some type of roasted salmon entree, and David wound up essentially with spaghetti and cheese. Total cost for our late lunch was 80 Euros.
13 October, 2010, Day 6 in Salzburg,
This morning was hell, we awoke to hear Meghan vomiting loudly while mumbling about bad food. We had all woken up except for Jeanna, who is not a morning person. After Jeanna woke up an hour later, it was time for a little trip outside of the city. I had talked to a local at dinner the night prior and found that there were tours just 10 miles outside of the city on a mountain mastiff called Untersberg. But first, we needed breakfast and the hotel buffet was calling our name. I told everyone to eat up because we had a long day ahead of us. Meghan was still vomiting every 10 minutes for the first hour while Jeanna complained about wanting to go back to sleep. I told the girls to get it together because we needed to get to the bus that would take us to the mountain
The bus picked us up at 10:45 local time, just a few blocks from our hotel; the trip would take about half an hour to get to the mountain. We were all dressed to hike and explore with backpacks and cameras ready. We had looked at using an official tour guide but we wanted to explore on our own. So for all 6 of us, the cost was 108 Euros for the group. When we arrived at the base of the mountain, we hopped on the cable car for the long ride up. The cable car ride was breathtaking and we were getting pumped about reaching the top of the mountain.
Untersberg straddles the border between Germany and Austria and is the center of legends. According to legend Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (of the Holy Roman Empire) is asleep inside Untersberg, taken care of by the "Untersberger Mandln", small dwarf-like creatures. His beard is said to be growing longer and longer around a round table and to have grown round two times. Myth says that when the beard has grown three times around the table the end of world has come. Every hundred years he awakes and when he sees the ravens still flying around the Untersberg he sleeps for another century. When Frederik leaves the mountain, the last great battle of humankind will be fought on the Walserfeld. This is a field at Wals, west of Salzburg.
When new reached the top of Untersberg, we immediately saw out over Austria and Germany, and the trip became well worth it. We took about 3 hours to hike around and take pictures. There are many different caves and tunnels that run through the mountain and we decided to see a few. The mountain also has an underground lake in it though we did not get to see it. While we were hiking around, Brent was reading info about the mountain to us and started freaking out yelling at us about little people. We had decided not to tell him about the small dwarf-like creatures because of his fear of little people. He threw down the pamphlet and started running back to the cable car. We decided that we should all leave as a group so we wouldn’t get separated, so we all followed. We found him in line for the cable car looking rough, mumbling about how the little people can’t be trusted. So we hopped on to head back down the mountain. Once we were on the cable car, Meghan informed us that she had filled her Camelback with STROH 80, an Austrian liquor. We were all excited until we realized it was 80% alcohol, Austria’s gift to man. This stuff will put hair on your palms. The long cable car ride back was a lot more fun with a few shots in us, and it looked like Brent might actually be getting over the trauma of the legend of the little people.
We got off the cable car and got back on the bus to head to the hotel to change for dinner. We decided to eat at Red Bull’s Hangar-7 Ikarus restaurant, and we drove ourselves to save money over riding the bus. Hangar-7 features all type of airplanes from all over the world. It is more of a museum than a hangar as many of the planes are not in use. The Ikarus restaurant offered us a Eurpopean cuisine and the plates were a work of art. We decided to control ourselves as far as alcohol so that we could enjoy the food. Dinner for the group came out to 196 Euros after tip. By the time dinner was over, we were exhausted and drove back to the hotel.
Hangar 7
Natural Activity by John Olive
14 October, 2010 Day 7 in Salzburg
Today, being in the hometown of Mozart, I felt that we all needed to soak up some musical culture before leaving Salzburg. I got online last night and ordered tickets for a tour of the city with a Mozart theme and ending with a visit to the Mozart residence and Markat Square. After our stop at the awesome breakfast buffet our hotel provides, we went out to the street to wait for our guide to pick us up.
This city really is beautiful. It is no wonder that movies such as The Sound of Music chose to film here with such dramatic scenery. The baroque style architecture that is featured prominently throughout the city has lead UNESCO to declare a portion of the city as a world heritage site. On our bus tour we were able to view many of the local landmarks such as the hundreds of beautifully stylized churches, monuments, and statues some of which were dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself.
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| a decent view of the city |
After our bus tour of the city, we were able to have a lengthy visit and walk around the Mozart residence. This building is located in the Altstadt district of the city near the River Salzach. After being heavily damaged during WW2, the residence was finally reconstructed in the 90’s and was opened as a museum to all things Mozart. We walked the halls of the residence and it was a pretty neat feeling to think that we were standing where a true genius composed some of the greatest musical compositions in history. Downstairs they have a library devoted to selling overpriced copies of Mozart films and recordings…no thanks guys.
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| I am not sure how this can be considered "moderately sized" |
Once our tour was over, the fine people at Salzburg Tours dropped us back off at our hotel. We walked around the corner to Tavern Hirschenwirt to have some lunch, and of course, some drinks. This restaurant boasts fresh local ingredients and authentic Austrian meals. They have a daily local lunch special that I was very eager to try, however the waiter informed us the dish of the day was a Brazilian national dish…so yeah. We diverted to the regular menu and everyone got stuffed on sausage, meat, and potatoes. The beer list was rather short but of course we sampled them all. I am not even going to try and remember what any of them are as I would most likely butcher the names. Basically, all the names sounded like a violent sneeze.
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| Gesundheit!! |
We all know, that when the alcohol starts flowing, so does the scheming. I had seen signs all over town about Salzburg Culture week and today is the first event. I demanded that we all attend the opera and as such we needed to find some formal wear. Our waiter found our endeavors to be noble and after a very tiresome translation battle he helped us to find a place where we could rent the needed costumes.
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| Some of the views granted to the less lazy who choose to walk |
We left the tavern and headed towards the Kostümverleih Salzburg that the waiter suggested to us. It was only about a mile away and the weather being nice, we decided to walk. The costume house was pretty intense. They make outfits for theater plays, wedding dresses, formal wear, and even mascot suits. Normally, I woudl have been happy to allow David to indulge himself by wandering around in a bear suit, but we had a mission to accomplish. Brent and Jeanna worked over the owners and successfully convinced them that we were sad, pitiful, and poor college students who only wanted to see an opera int he famed Salsburg before we died a horrible death from becoming rich and overweight Americans. They ended up renting us everything we needed for 150 euros as long as we promised to get them back tonight. They let us change and store our street clothes at their place and we were off for the theatah!!
The theater was only a few blocks from the costume shop, so we again chose to walk. I find that walking in the cities you get to see so much more than when you are in a cab or on a train. The Flying Dutchman was the opera that was opening the Salsburg Culture week and it was actually pretty decent. We were also lucky enough to show up before they ran out of the cheapseat tickets. It had something to do with a ghost ship that can’t make port and some guy has to come and find a woman servant or something. It was short, which was the important thing because it didn‘t drag on long enough to put anyone to sleep.
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| Sorry guys, this is not a Disney production... |
After the show, we went back to costume shop, which for some reason was still open at 9pm, and after giving the owners a good review of the opera and their city in general, we hoofed it back to the hotel. I suspect we will be wandering out for drinks and some food after awhile but I am not sure.
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After we left the show, we decided to keep with tradition and leave Salzburg with a bang. We are going to regret this decision when we have to get back on the road tomorrow, but we all needed a drink after sitting through that opera.
I wanted to go to the nightclub downstairs after walking all day, but after getting a few drinks in us the group felt a little more adventurous. Salzburg has a zero tolerance policy for drinking and driving, so we had to walk...again. We wandered down the block to Die Weisse, a local hotspot for young people. It was crowded and we soon found out why. We didn't get a table till 11:00, which happens to be the same time they stop serving food, but we ordered just in time. They serve traditional german food consisting of lots of sausage dishes and their famous roast pork. After we all got our fill we had already built up a 60 euro tab, but we still had drinking to do.
Die Weisse brews all their own beer and they have an outdoor beer garden that is open until 2:00am. At first I was dissapointed that they only had wheat beer, but it was actually pretty good. The alcohol laws are different in Salzburg and the beers have a much higher alcohol content than in the US. We realized this fun fact a little too late, and we were all hammered before we knew it. We also bought suveneir beer glasses for 2 euros each. After dropping a 70 euro bar tab we stumbled back to the hotel at about two in the morning. I don't think I've slept like this since we left Raleigh three weeks ago. We are going to need it if we are going to dive all day tomorrow.
meal by David Hinkle
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After we left the show, we decided to keep with tradition and leave Salzburg with a bang. We are going to regret this decision when we have to get back on the road tomorrow, but we all needed a drink after sitting through that opera.
Die Weisse brews all their own beer and they have an outdoor beer garden that is open until 2:00am. At first I was dissapointed that they only had wheat beer, but it was actually pretty good. The alcohol laws are different in Salzburg and the beers have a much higher alcohol content than in the US. We realized this fun fact a little too late, and we were all hammered before we knew it. We also bought suveneir beer glasses for 2 euros each. After dropping a 70 euro bar tab we stumbled back to the hotel at about two in the morning. I don't think I've slept like this since we left Raleigh three weeks ago. We are going to need it if we are going to dive all day tomorrow.
meal by David Hinkle
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