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Stage 13 - Salzburg - Austria - 15th to 16th October
Finally leaving Vienna and John, on the Sunday morning. Although I waited until nearly 11am, John was still with the fairies (these working people)…so I quietly (as possible) made my move, west, affectively heading home….well in the right kind of direction.
Vienna is located in the relative flatlands of eastern Austria…so according to Google Maps, it was 4.5 hours to my next destination, the Hohe Tauern National Park.
However, for the first time, I drove through some intensive rain…and after a quality restaurant pit stop (McDonalds 😜)….I checked the forecast, which was rain all day….and being only 20km from Salzburg, I decided a city stop on this occasion was justified….and Salzburg is supposed to be the nicest Austrian City?
So Salzburg it was…but I’m not sure you can compare it with Vienna, they are very different. For one Vienna is a much larger city…and as nice Salzburg was, I’d easily rate my “tourist walk” that I did around Vienna well above Salzburg.
In Salzburg’s defence, it was grey and rainy…still nice , with the river Salzach and the old town, with medieval and baroque buildings, and of course 🤷♂️, it is where some geezer called Mozart was born!
My walk lasted over four hours, but 90 mins of it I was in O’Malleys Irish Bar….it was in the historic old town!
A basic but adequate hotel for the night (for ref: €53), Hotel Flair! My room had no kettle, so for breakie, I put a plastic bag around the smoke detector, and used my camping gas cooker to make a couple of cuppas! And fortunately there was no need for a hotel evacuation due to the fire alarms going off, but just as I walked outside, a fire engine pulled up with the guys in full breathing equipment. I thought shit, but then realised their focus was on next door, I think?
Anyhow, I quietly and quickly loaded my car, and swiftly exited Salzburg, and finally headed into those big mountains, on what was a contrasting morning…blue sky and sunshine!
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