036 - mon 05 jun - salzburg

we had a delicious organic breakfast at hotel amadeus. obviously we hated it, and longed for the hostel experience of a slice of cheese and an egg and powdered coffee with coffee-milk.

we checked out of hotel nice-breakfast and found a hostel that would take our sorry asses. the hostel was part of an old church called the institute of st sebastian. we wandered around the church grounds, the cemetery, and then wandered around the town of salzburg. a roma band (you aren't meant to call them gypsies any more) were playing in the market square.

we found our way up a hill to the abbey where they shot those abbey scenes from the sound of music. pretty and quiet. further up the hill, we bypassed the great fortress of salzburg to find ourselves in the grounds of a ruins of an old tower, looking out over a breathtaking mountain range. we paused. we accidentally ran into an american dude we met in cologne.

back down in town we decided to split up. suz had by this stage decided that she could no longer resist the urge to go on a 'sound of music' tour. i, however, found it possible to still resist this urge. i found myself an internet cafe and wasted, or should i say spent, the better part of the day writing up the blog (not this bit, but a bit from several weeks ago..). suz went on a tour. at this point, i'd like to hand the mic to my beloved wifey:

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reunited, we stumbled around salzburg in search of dinner. as it started to rain, we found ourselves in a popular tourist haunt serving authentic austrian food. when we entered, our waitress informed us quite sullenly that there was unfortunately only seating remaining in the 'no smoking' section. this was ok with us. food was good, and next door there was a seriously kitschy 'sound of music' theatre restaurant thing going on, so we go to hear all of that and avoid the price of admission, and also the awkward thing where you can't talk to each other or enjoy your dinner because you feel obligated to watch the lame cabaret thats happening in front of you. so, all good. we went back to the hostel where thankfully, there were bunk beds. yes!

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