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| Mirabell gardens |
Traveling isn't always perfect. In fact, it often includes a lot of waiting in lines and sitting on trains. Or in last night's case, sleeping on the train…bleh. Yesterday was pretty miserable, but I'll get to that in my next post.
I arrived in Salzburg last Saturday, and it was raining. I walked into my room and tried to turn on the light, but nothing happened…except a man's voice came from the bathroom asking me to turn the light back on…I had forgotten it was co-ed dorm. His name was David and we ended up hanging out in the hostel the rest of the night because it was raining. We did run to the supermarket and I made french toast with Nutella. David is an animator from Australia, and we had a nice, chill night.
Sunday was church and catch-up. I pulled up a map to the church and asked the girl at the front desk to point me in the right directions. She looked at the map and asked if I was going to the Mormon church? Because she's Mormon, too! Crazy! So she gave me directions and I was successful in finding it. I met a cool guy there who plays piano, too, only he improvises on classical music. So we had a jam session. I played one of my pieces, then he would improvise on it. That afternoon I video chatted with some friends at home, which was great.
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| My brother suggested that in addition to all the pictures I take of cathedrals, I should take pictures of the LDS churches I visit, too! Great idea, thanks Jeremy! |
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One of the main bridges in Salzburg. The fence on the side is covered in locks put there by couples.
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Finally, by Monday, the rain had cleared up. I went to see the city. I mostly wandered around until I found things. I saw and went through the Mozart residence and birth house, took a river cruise, saw the Mirabell Gardens, and went to the zoo! Salzburg is so charming and beautiful, I absolutely loved it! Oh! And for lunch, I had this amazing curry dog.
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| Mozart's Birthplace |
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| Mozart's Residence |
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| That's how tall Mozart was?! |
Tuesday, I saw the Hohensalzbrug Fortress and went up the cable car into the Alps and hiked around a bit. I met a group of 4 middle-aged couples from Indiana who kind of adopted me for the day. They were so sweet to me!
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| View from the fortress |
On Wednesday, I visited the most beautiful place on earth…Hallstatt. A few months ago I was browsing places to visit in Europe, and I came across a picture of this little town called Hallstatt. I basically went to Austria just so I could see this place, and it was completely worth it. It's the oldest salt mine in Europe, a little mining town nestled in the Alps on the edge of a huge lake. I got there and explored the town a bit, then hiked up to the salt mine. I can't believe places like this exist:
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| Story of my life: I can only find half a man ;) |
After a great day in Hallstatt, I went to LDS Institute and had a great time with some LDS people my age :)
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