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James C. is on the road again. Naturally, I can’t decide which one of his three postcards from his first day in Salzburg to feature. The beauty of this being my blog is that I can violate the rule and feature them all. His comment one the shot above: I had to stop here on […]
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria

James C. is on the road again. Naturally, I can’t decide which one of his three postcards from his first day in Salzburg to feature. The beauty of this being my blog is that I can violate the rule and feature them all. His comment one the shot above:

I had to stop here on my way back to my room for a Sacher torte. Sacher tortes have always been one of my absolute favourite desserts, and what better place to have it than at the hotel that invented it back in the days of Emperor Franz Joseph? It met my high expectations, and surprisingly cost only about €4!

Two more amazing VFYTs from my favorite hungry traveler, below the jump:

Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria

That there in the distance is the one of the displays of the Stations of the Cross, which follow a steep, winding trail from the medieval quarter all the way up the mountain on the north side of the river in Salzburg. At the top is a huge Capuchin priory. The amazing ice cream was one scoop of “apple küchen” and one scoop of walnut. I wish I had more scoops, as the hike was exhausting!

Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria

This was taken at a beer hall called the Augustiner Bräustübl, deep within the labyrinthine bowels of a cavernous old Augustinian monastery (now occupied by Benedictines). Amazing place! The network of barrel-vaulted halls must hold at least a thousand people, and amid statues of saints, Latin inscriptions and episcopal coats of arms, patrons gather comfort food from an array of stations in a cloistered arcade and carry it back to their tables with a self-serve tankard of the monks’ own beer (brewed in oak barrels).

I felt so delightfully Catholic here! And so seemingly did the crowds of good-natured Austrians who filled the place: families out for an evening, friends playing cards, co-workers enjoying an after-office quaff.

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