It is my 1st solo trip to Europe, to a country that I am not familiar with & find it very very hard to communicate. As expected, these few days had never been smooth. After attending a friend's birthday party the day before traveling, only manage to get 2 hours of sleep after overload of alcohol.
Day 1,
Smooth progress all the way till Salzburg airport, then was the first unfortunate event. I trusted google maps, so I just followed its instruction to change at town (Mirabellplatz) to my accommodation which was miles away. Suppose to take bus 170, but I was half a minute late, so it went off in front of me. Fine, just wait for half an hour then. But after 1 hour, the bus stil haven't arrive. Starving at the bus stop, started to suspect it was a public holiday. After an hour of waiting, finally the bus came, but the driver told me that the bus is not going there today. I am like WTF... He suggested me to take bus 3. Ok fine, waited another 10 minutes for bus 3. Then bus 3 also don't go that far because is a public holiday. OMG. So the bus driver dropped me halfway, then I walked like half an hr to get to this hostel.
This hostel, can't really find it at first. I wasn't expecting that it is inside a park. Lol. After that I knew it is a jungle hostel, really gg. Everytime use wifi need to re-login, not enough charge point to charge my phone. Ughhhh.. Worst idea.
Tried schnitzel & beer at a beer garden nearby. Pretty nice food for the start of my life in Salzburg. Met this Korean guy that slept beside me. We chatted a lot about travel and life. He was very friendly and told me what to do in Salzburg. Sadly he left the day after.
Day 2,
Started to travel in Salzburg Old Town. Decided not to take the Salzburg card because I was already quite broke although is actually quite a good deal. Met this pair of uncle & aunty in the Dom (Cathedral) & they asked me to take a picture for them. Then they are amazed that I can speak in Mandarin pretty well. Of course lol. I am so Chinese haha! As usual, had to explain why I know Mandarin & I am not Malay etc etc... But I am pretty glad that I helped them. Yay
Walked around Mozart birthplace & everything else related to Mozart.
Oh well is where Mozart was born so the touristy place are all related to Mozart. Hiked up to the castle, but never pay to get in. Anyway, got the amazing view of the Salzburg city from top, which I think is pretty cool.
Finished quite early, nothing much to do before lunch. Therefore, decided to walk around Mirabel Palace Garden. It is quite a pretty garden, but there is probably nothing much to see besides flowers & trees. Had some toasted sandwich for lunch at Cafe Bazar. Nothing to do after that, so went & try another local cuisine, Salzburger Nockerln. The portion was a bit big for me but generally is a nice thing to try. The raspberry sauce was pretty nicely matched with the dessert made from egg & flour.
Joined the Sound of Music bicycle tour. I wished I had watch the movie, then it will definitely be the best tour. Anyway the cycling part is my favourite. I haven't been cycling for a few years & definitely enjoy cycling through paddy fields, parks, along the lake etc.
Solo mid for a huge pizza in an Italian restaurant recommended by the tourguide. The waiter accidentally banged my glass of coke & the whole glass shattered on the floor. In the end, manage to get 1 new glass of coke but it was definitely an unfortunate event. By the way, pizza with anchovies is pretty salty lol.
Reached back hostel at 10pm. Everyone was sleeping already. I was forced to have my lights off, do everything soundly. Nothing can be done so, just slept frustratedly in the end. Selfish people.
Day 3,
Nothing much left to do, so just went for some souvenir shopping & try some food from the stalls. Tried another Vienesse cuisine, apfelstrudel. It is basically an apple pastry. Quite good, although I prefer apple over it haha.
Had my favourite bradwurst for lunch, since I will be heading to Germany afterwards. Good to be back.
Joined a 4 hours tour to salt mine and Berchtesgaden in Germany. I picked this over another day trip to Hallstatt, Austria probably just because I prefer salt mine over nice scenery that cost more. In the end, I think I made the right decision, the salt mine was pretty new for me. Meanwhile, the afternoon tea in Berchtesgaden has nothing to do with me because I don't really want to spend at tearooms again. Had a random chat with a German bus driver while waiting. He can't really speak English but was trying very hard to speak with me, nice guy.
Met a new friend from Macau today. He is an exchange student in Paris so I showed my broken Cantonese skill. Haha! I was complaining to him about the wifi, & on that night the wifi really cannot work. So, uncivilized for a night, but the reward is I finally finished one my book. Yay!
Day 4,
Left to Vienna westbf from Salzburg hbf... More to come. Sorry for the long-winded post, just want to remind myself about the trip.
