Europe Part 4 - Salzburg and Innsbruck, Austria

Next station: Austria. Many moons ago, we decided it would be a great idea to spend Christmas in Salzburg. Good thing it was only an hour train ride from Munich! Lucky us! We pulled into Salzburg on Christmas Eve and immediately found out that the town was shut down for the holidays, save a few gluhwein and bratwurst stands in the central plaza. Fortunately, we found an Italian restaurant open for dinner.


This is where we had dinner Christmas Eve. The clincher was they had Antinori wine on the menu.






















On the hike up the castle, you can see the cathedral. Our pension was just on the other side of the cathedral. In fact, our hotel was so close to the central area that the Christmas bells got a little old after ringing all day and night. Of course, there were five major churches with bells packed into a tiny area. They were competing for the loudest bells.
















Morning on the way up to the castle/fortress above Salzburg



















Our Chirstmas dinner in Salzburg. It was very good. Again, the only place open was Italian.



































A Baroque church in central Salzburg




















Nobody stirring on Christmas, hardly even a Krembs.




















On the 26th, we trained over to Innsbruck, Austria. What a beautiful town! Mountain peaks every which way you turn.



















Look down the street. Look at the white strip above the street. What do you see? That's the Olympic ski jump! This is my kinda town!





















Early morning at the Innsbruck train station on our way to Switzerland. You can see mountains from every angle in this town.

































Ah...such natural beauty. Next stop: Switzerland.