Day 13 Salzburg
Where: Salzburg, Austria
When: Friday, Sept. 16, 2005
Travelers always says that if you arrive in a new town and need some company, always head to the nearest Irish pub. More on this later.
We were running a little late this morning. Had to rush through breakfast and got in the lobby for our Bavarian tour that I set up with Bob’s Tour. I found out later that Bob is no longer running the show that he has been divorced and got back to the states about 20 or so yrs ago. His ex-wife took over but kept the name. She eventually remarried to Bruno. But Bob’s tour sounds better than Bruno’s don’t you think?
After seeing some very nice little towns and breweries, that’s been brewing beer for over 500 yrs. We finally got to the Eagle’s nest. This place a present for Hitler’s 50th birthday and it took 3 yrs to build. They had to build a roadway to leadup to the tunnel that leads to the elevator that took you up to Hitlers retreat. All the original building material is still in tack. The marble fireplace that Mussolini gave to Hitler for his birthday has been chipped over the yrs by people looking for souveniers.
The views are what brings people up here. Can’t wait to show the pictures. We stayed up there for about 30 minutes. After touring Eagles nest we went into the town of Bergtesgarten. Had a traditional german lunch of bratwurst, mashed potatoes and sauerkrout. Most excellent. We also had an order of pretzels with white sausage.
After lunch we went back home, while Claudia, Markus tour assitant sang Edelwies and the Salzburg songs for us. She’S a good singer.
Late that night we did go to the Irish Pub as its called and had one to many pints of the Guiness. So, every half hour we had to order chicken wings so we can drink more. It was a fun time. They started out with traditional Irish songs and then switched to more rock tunes like the POLICE!!! This really made my night as one of the bartenders like the Police alot. Maybe more so than me. He was a great guy to talk with but had a very thick Irish accent and I had ask what all the time.
I’m certainly feeling the effects of the Guiness and the cigarette smoke this morning.
Gotta run to breakfast.
Auf wiedersehen!!!!
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