Alexis Tia Adventures, Eats, & Turning Wheels: The Recap: June 20-21, 2011

It's been 2 years - but the recap continues!

Salzburg is a very beautiful city, where most of the main attractions are close together. The weather could've been better, overall, it was a nice stay. The city is right next to the Salzach River so you can cross bridges from the Old Town to the New Town. Being Mozart's birthplace, the city is not shy of Mozart balls (mozartkugeln) and Mozart liqueur. What I noticed about the city is how bike friendly it is with spacious, designated bike paths. Both nights, Dave and I enjoyed dinner at the Sternbräu, one of the first restaurants in Salzburg. The first night, we had goulash soup and lamb for dinner, and a raspberry soufflé for dessert. The second night beckoned pancake soup (not as good as in Krimml, Austria), and salmon ravioli with spinach, and apfelstrudel and sachertorte for dessert (YUM!).

Dave and I biked to Hellbrunn Palace, which was basically a millionaire's mansion. It was pretty fantastical that everything was water powered. Some rooms even had fun trickery with water spitting at you---duck!. The gazebo used in the Sound of Music now resides at Hellbrunn, so of course we had to check it out (You are 16 going on 17...get it stuck in your head now!). Biking to Hellbrunn was a little frustrating because we didn't find the official bike path and it rained a little bit. Thankfully, we were pointed in the right direction back to the city center. The bike path was called the "Alley of Trees" which was very beautiful. Even more memorable now, it was on this bike path where Dave took the first picture he ever sent to me with the caption, "biking through this beautiful place but all I can think about is you!" That was 2006 and technically before we were actually "together." How cool that 5 years later we would be experiencing this bike ride together. My heart smiles.

Off to Mürren and the Swiss Alps!