austria

The parentals left for their own homes and we dropped my folks at Salzburg Airport, allowing Jon and I an overnight stay in this beautiful city. On the way we climbed up through the mountains in the Berchtesgaden National Park. It’s in Germany but only kms from Salzburg so I’m cheating by including it here. Anyway, we hit snow, lots of it. It was so beautiful. You can drive through the area, park on the side of the road and ski from your car. Very convenient. We celebrated with a late afternoon spatzle (divine German egg noodle) and schnapps at this amazing spot. Although I’d forgotten to get more cash and as the restaurant was remote and couldn’t accept credit cards we had to share one of each between us. Doh. We had a gorgeous walk around Salzburg in the evening, with more gluwein in the central square followed by dinner at Zipfer Bierhaus tavern one of the oldest buildings in the city. Any thoughts of a healthy diet now long forgotten.

Visited January 2020.