Treasuring the Moments

When I heard that Europe’s oldest restaurant was located in Salzburg, I was quite intrigued by its historical past. Wow! 1,000 years old. Charlemagne, Christopher Columbus and Mozart are said to have ate at the Stiftskeller St. Peter. It was operated by monks since it was a part of St. Peter’s Abbey. Until not too long ago, it was still ran by monks. It was a lovely restaurant with food prepared fresh using healthy ingredients and beautifully presented. They also offer Mozart concerts in the evening times – which we did not do since we had already attended the mini orchestra concert at Hohensalzburg Fortress. This part of the restaurant…

We were told by more then one person that we should take the Sound of Music bike tour while in Salzburg, so we booked tickets for Sunday morning, April 22 which is the actual anniversary date of our wedding. Although it was our 29th anniversary, we were actually there in Austria celebrating our 25th…. just 4 years late. haha So on this Sunday morning, we met on the street where the bicycle tour was to begin. As I mentioned in an earlier post, most Austrians have never heard of The Sound of Music but this company has found a thriving business appealing to all those that are fans of the…

I almost skipped over this part of our stay in Austria but it was such a special evening that my trip journal wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t include a mention of the musical quintet we heard the first night we were in Salzburg. We finished up our day in Salzburg by seeing where Mozart was born and lived for the first 17 years of his life. His family lived on the 3rd floor incidentally.   This trip will always be a fond memory. We had such a wonderful time.     Highly recommended in Salzburg is the Mozart Concert that is given at the Hohensalzburg Fortress. We decided to…

We enjoyed Salzburg so much. Historic Old Town was fun to walk but finding our way around was a bit challenging – even with GPS. We used Rick Steve’s Vienna Tour Book and found it so informative and worth every penny we paid. On the outskirts of Old Town was this new store called Sound of Music World. Most Austrians have never heard of The Sound of Music movie and those that have do not hold it in high regard. I wonder who owns this store? Probably not an Austrian. 🙂   Old Town has some fancy shops – expensive name brand shops.   You might like to see the…

Our little trusty car saw some places the week we were in Austria!   Google maps – oh it is the most handy app but it can lead you astray sometimes. We put in Salzburg Cathedral and faithfully followed the voice instructions telling us where to go. It was rather baffling in Salzburg because next to a historic site or even almost attached to it, there would be a private residence, so there are no signs indicating you shouldn’t be there with your car… or at least that we could see. 😉 So around tight corners, that would only be a one-way if it were American cars but is a…