Salsburg

Our first night in Salsburg, we stayed at a family-run hotel called Bloberger Hof. Its a bit out of town, and has spectacular views of the surrounding mountain ranges. From our room, we could see a cable car that runs up to the mountain so decided we'd have to try it. The day was clear, but unfortunately it was too late.

We went for a walk around the local area to a small town called Glanegg, then back to our hotel. By then we were thirsty so stopped at the restaurant across the road, where we had beer and cider (both huge) followed by a cheese platter(even more huge). Dinner was schnitzel and soup. Delicious.

Unfortunately the next day saw a patch of cloud hanging around the top of the mountain. It was enough to reduce the visibility to near-zero. We were still able to touch some snow (dirty ice), but it was still fun.

We then went off to spend the rest of the afternoon in the city. We went to the old town and went on a furnicular to visit a castle. It was quite steep - the castle was interesting and the views magnificent!

We walked around town for the afternoon and had pretzels with ham and cheese and another with apple - they were great! We also enjoyed one of the best ice creams I have ever tasted - cheap also at Euro1.5

Like Vienna this town has a Mozart house. We didn't visit it though. We walked around town until it was drink o'clock and stopped for a wine and spritzer (orange in colour - tasted like white wine with orange pith and soda water - apparently an Austrian specialty - tasted quite bitter though)