Salzburg, Austria

Tuesday 16th October 2018

Well we are in Salzburg for another day. Benny is off to Frankfurt to perform for the next few days so Mum and I have to do it alone till we get back to Chemnitz. I quickly got used to Ben taking to the driver’s seat Sunday afternoon and Monday. The roads are a little different in Austria, especially in the city centre of Salzburg. The streets are narrow, there are many one way streets and there seems to be roadworks everywhere. Anyhow, I took Ben to the station at 8am, only drove in to one ‘one way’ street, which gave me a mini melt down before I dropped Ben off. Once I got it together Ben headed off to catch his train, then on the way back to the hotel Google and the car GPS both told me to turn right, I thought it was ‘one way’ as well but listened to the GPS, I was right, so I quickly turned out again. The lady behind would have been saying ‘stupid German’, as I have Deutsche number plate. Oh well. Two mistakes by 9am, it can only get better.
Anyway we are catching the bus in to the city to do the Hop on Hop off bus tour of Salzburg, as it is easier and costs less than the parking. 12 euro for the bus, 18 euro for parking. So off we headed to the bus stop at about 10am, destination Mirabelleplatz.
We then spent the day on and off the bus, we saw many of the sights from yesterday. We went for a longer walk in Hellbrunn Palace. We then caught the bus again and went to the Old Town where we saw some beautiful old buildings. At the last stage o the day we came across St Peter’s Church and cemetery, which I believe is where the Sound of music scene in the Abbey where they are hiding and are found by Fritz was filmed. We don’t know for sure, but you be the judge from some of the pictures.
We then headed back to the city centre and caught the bus home. Mum has been a champion, we finally made it home at 5.55pm. Another big day. It is 6.33pm and she is sleeping, not so quietly beside me. I will wake her for dinner shortly.

We had a lovely dinner at the hotel tonight.