We almost skipped right over Austria. That wasn't going to fly with me. Not without seeing either Vienna or Salzburg. I wanted to see both cities, but as time was limited, I was forced to pick one. I chose Salzburg; not only because of the movie, "Sound of Music", but my good friend Corine had recommended it, so why not?
Salzburg is really a pretty city. The old part of town is where tourists flock to, to buy the famous Mozart chocolates. We had time to walk around after we unpacked; first to the famous Sacher Hotel to grab a tasty meal. I had the famous Weiner Schnitzel, while Alex got the "Salzburger". Even though it was really good, I felt a stab of guilt eating veal. And for dessert, I got the famous Sacher Torte, a yummy chocolate cake with a side of whipped cream. The wonderful thing about this dish was that the whipped cream didn't have any sugar in it, so it just added a creamy taste to the cake. If it were the US, the sweet whipped cream would completely overpower the chocolate cake. Maybe Americans can cut back on sugar intake by following some Austrian examples.
I decided to book a tour for the one full day that we had in Salzburg; a Sound of Music tour, to Alex's dismay. I thought it would be an appropriate tour because the movie seemed to include a lot of beautiful sceneries of Salzburg, and that's what I wanted to see. Unfortunately, the tour seemed to be for the real fanatics of the movie; ones who didn't mind singing on the tour bus. Yes, they played all the songs from the movie and most of the people on the bus sang along (it got to be a little too much for me). But they did take us to different locations where the movie was shot, which was pretty interesting, and we learned some trivia about the making of the movie.
The rest of the day, we spent walking around the old part of town, shopping for Mozart chocolates and snapping pictures of places of interests (like the house Mozart lived in). We parted with Salzburg, and made our way towards Munich.
oh the viennese pork dish! nanka, tonkatsu mitajya nakata? or that's at least what it reminded me of.. having been deprived of legit japanese food for over a year!
ReplyDeleteYea, it definitely reminded me of tonkatsu, just without the sauce. It was SO good!!
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