Well, updating my current city, I'm no longer in Germany but Austria, but not in Zwettl where Hundertwasser's pond is (so to say), but in Mozart town (its hard to say Salzburg as a city even this town is the fourth biggest 'stadt' in Austria).
Excuse me for my innocence, but Salzburg became familiar for me just about 2 years ago. I was living in Germany as an Aupair, expected to stay longer in Europe and decided to continue my 'career' as an Aupair in Austria. A friend of mine mentioned this town, hmm..ok city, she said to consider Salzburg as my next destination, why? because this city is really beautiful, surrounded by mountains, and the city of Mozart. But contrary with its popularity, Salzburg for me was simply an unknown city. I was thinking "what? salzburg? Mozart? I thought he came from Germany (but in this point I was right! story from mouth to mouth, Mozarts parent is originally from Augsburg or whatever, a city in Bavaria, who moved to Salzburg)", to be honest I just knew Vienna if people mentioned Austria, and Simphony no.40 if people mentioned Mozart.
A year passed as an Aupair (again) in Lower Austria, then I needed again to decide if I wanna back home or stay. Back home was never been my life option, it offered by reality that I couldnt extend my visa as long as I want; one year, oh no! two year please! oh no please make it 2 years 7 months 21 days, may I? *lol
I got my luck, because I almost packed my stuff last January, in last minute I got an anwer from Salzburg University; a positive answer, which was AWESOME!
I was curious how beautiful Salzburg is, mentioned this city to 100 random people, 101 of them said "oh Salzburg, its a wonderful city!" "really?" I was seriously curious. Arrived in that city for the first time of my life, it was 23 January, my first impression was "akh moe! es ist ja voi schirkch!" means "hell ugly!" it was grey, windy, and silent. oh! one more thing! NO TRAM!. It took awhile to prove my self that this city is really beautiful. Yeah, namely 7 months (more and less)! So, below I share some photos that I took from last Sunday.
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| Night view |
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| Mülln Altstadt, where I live |
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| Day view |
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| Beautiful sky |
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| Nathalie as Model |
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| Photografer in frame |
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| Mirabell garden |
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| My favorite one |
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| lights along the Kai prominade |
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| Finally agree, it's beautiful! |
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| guess where? yup! Müllnsteg. |
My lists of "to visit in Salzburg" are :
1. Mirabel garden, it's about 750m from old town, this garden is really beautiful, the best time to visit is in end of spring or in summer.
2. Climb up the mountains, Dont be lazy and hoppy! hoppy! up to the mountains! Salzburg is surrounded by four mountains, they are not so high that is possible to have a walk. 3 mountains that I recommend are Festungsberg (where the Hohensalzburg Castle is) it's about 542m, then Mönschberg (my favorite running area), it's about 540m and connected with Festungsberg, here u can find at least 3 castles and of course the walls, both are in old town side, the other one, Kapuzinerberg is about 600m above sea level.
3. Visit theater or Concert, it's really interesting! if you wanna visit Salzburg, please check events that will be held during your stay, and try to take a part.
4. Museums, there are alot of Museums in Salzburg, if you're interesting with it, I recommend you to buy Salzburg Card, so you will get Discount.
5. Hang out, If you like Party or you're kinda classy Person, just try to find this street Gstättengasse, there are Republic, Half moon, Segabar, Budha louge, Soda Pub, etc. If you prefer to hangout at Pub so I reccomend you to go to Kaigasse. Best time to hangout are on wednesday night, friday or saturday night.
6. If you really consider for really good quality of chocolate (or if not Mozartkügel which you can find in every supermarket in Austria), try one in Confesiere Berger at Kaigasse 39 or another small shop at the corner at Getreidegasse.
What else..??
My "dont forget to bring" list if you visit Salzburg (Autumn).
1. Umbrella, rain will come whenever it likes, so make sure that you always have it in your bag.
2. Scarf and gloves, when its getting dark the temperature will falling down (sometimes) extremely, so make sure you have something to warm up ur neck and hands.
one but not least : DONT COME BY CAR!
Salzburg has the worse traffic in Austria, the mainstreet in some spots are narrow and mostly under construction, if you like to waste your time in your car, then go on! beside it's difficult to find parking place, better use public transportation or rent bike especially when the wheater is nice; fresh air and healthy.
Below you can find some infos that I collect from other websites.
Things not to do in Salzburg : http://www.visit-salzburg.net/travel/things_not_to_do_in_salzburg.htm
Salzburg Info : http://www.visit-salzburg.net/travel/things_not_to_do_in_salzburg.htm
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