Amadeus Amadeus… Ama--deus
We considered cancelling our 2-night stop in Salzberg since a rain storm was expected but we decided to move ahead with it anyway. The picturesque Austrian town nestled in the foothills of the Alps (whose claim to fame is Mozart and the Sound of Music) merits at least a brief glance – rain or shine.
Despite the occasional downpour, we managed to see a good bit of the town including the famous mountaintop fortress Hohensalzburg, one of the biggest and oldest castles in Europe. Some of the main takeaways from Salzberg – the baroque architecture and cobble stone streets are so cute you can’t stop taking photos, the town is the cleanest I’ve seen in my lifetime, they put Mozart’s face on everything from bon bons to umbrellas, and every time you glance at the surrounding landscape you start humming the tune to “the hills are a live with the sound of music.”
What do we do when it rains? Eat and drink beer of course! The food was surprisingly pretty good – we even went to the same restaurant two nights in a row, something we foodies don’t typically do. Highlights include the veal sausage and huge salads at Alter Fauchs and the delectable broth soup with cheese dumplings at Pitterkeller. Can you tell we were trying to avoid more pork? I think I might go kosher… oh wait, there’s prosciutto in Italy… never mind.
