Salzburg

Yesterday we drove to Salzburg, two hours away, and spent the night there in the Altstadt in a hotel in a 700-year old building. We took a funicular up to the high fortress which was the seat of the Archbishop-Princes of Salzburg and dates back to 1077. We took some great photos looking down at Salzburg, from up on the highest tower. We toured the state rooms and archbishop's residence. I took a photo of his toilet. The bedchamber and toilet date to the late 1400s. Also the sitting room with the beautiful tile stove.





We had a wonderful dinner at the Goldener Hirsch. The service was impeccable, and each one of us had something very delicious. The Goldener Hirsch is also a very nice hotel, highly recommended if you are going to Salzburg. But if you want something less pricey, we liked our quaint little hotel, called the Goldene Ente, too. The Proprietress was quite a hoot, very friendly.

The Altstadt is beautiful and very quiet because it is a pedestrian zone. We had fun walking around and looking at the shops. We bought fresh bread at the monastery bakery. The monastery of St. Peter dates to 696 and the bakery might be close to 1000 years old. The fresh warm Brioche was wonderful.

When we got back to Oberperfuss, we were happy to see fresh snow on the ground. It is snowing now.