Sunday, 9/20
We reluctantly left Durnstein today and are heading to Salzburg, a couple of hours driving time on the autobahn. We were previously in Salzburg 6 years ago, but just for about 5 hours or so. We're looking forward to exploring more of the area.
The difference in temperature from Durnstein to Salzburg was almost 20 degrees, but we have been so warm that it was nice to be cool enough to need a light jacket. We made a quick rest stop at Mondsee where the lake is quite pretty with a large mountain sitting on the opposite shore.
Our hotel in Salzburg is in the Allstadt, the old city center. There are bollards, which are poles that raise and lower into the ground when you enter a special code, to keep cars out unless you have special reason to be there - like staying in a hotel in the Allstadt. We actually drove right past the hotel because they had a cafe set up on the narrow street and we were concentrating on getting past the patrons without injuring anyone with our car. Luckily we had only gone about 100 feet when we realized our mistake. Unfortunately that meant we had to back up on the narrow street to reach the hotel.
After we checked in, we needed to move the car to the parking garage which meant more raising and lowering of the bollards. The parking garage is actually inside the mountain that sits at one side of town.
We had a quick walk around and met up some friends who are also here right now and made plans for tomorrow.
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