After the Mirabell Gardens we headed back to the hostel and then walked over to the Old Town across the river. We saw Mozart's birthplace, the Old Town Hall and generally walked all around the little cobbledy streets. We saw the Marionette Theatre which was performing the Sound of Music, but it was a bit too pricey (and a bit too much Sound of Music for one day). Instead we walked to Residentzplatz and the fountain there. Also a location from the film, so more photos and us going 'ooh, they did this, that and the other here!'
We had been told on the tour to go up to the Museum of Modern Art on the mountainside - but for the view, not the actual art. We did just that and looked out over the whole of Salzburg. It was yet another amazing view and really showed how small the city is compared to Berlin and Paris. We ate dinner in a little historical restaurant that had part of the original 13th century wall still intact. After eating we headed back to the hostel over the Mozart bridge (also in the film). We went to the bar about 8pm for a quick drink before bed.
After two drinks one of the staff came in and asked if there were any native English speakers. A load of us all went over when he explained why - he wanted us to proofread new webpages for the hostel website. In return, we'd get vodka. I went up to collect some pens and pages to look over. We were soon joined by a guy travelling on his own and we went through a few pages whilst talking about our travels and England and Manchester, bonding over Primark and the nightlife there.
Once everyone was done we stood around talking as vodka shots were poured. The staff guy took out sachets of sherbet and introduced us to 'vodka fizzers' - emptying the sherbet into your mouth then having the vodka shot. Slightly nervously we all did it and the reactions varied from smiles to gagging. It was a strange taste but chasing it with our original drinks helped a lot. Two guys started singing 'God Save The Queen' - as you do - and we went back to our table with new drinks. Our friend from earlier came back with the two singing guys, who were also from England - and a Spanish guy called Carlos. We all chatted and had another vodka fizzer. We were suddenly joined by another guy who plonked himself down and proceeded to talk at us for hours and take lots of photos.
At about midnight the barmaid came over and said it was time she cleared the bar out. We looked around and realised we were the only group left. We moved next door to the dining room and carried on chatting for another half hour, until the two singing guys had to leave to get their night train. We eventually got into bed and fell asleep at about half 1 after a greatly hilarious night.
Next morning we felt a little delicate but were looking forward to going to the fortress, which we'd been told was good in the bar. After an amazing hostel breakfast of omelette with every possible filling, we walked over the river and through the Old Town again to the fortress. We got on a funicular railway to the top and then walked all around the museums. As we were walking through the courtyard we met the strange guy from the bar again. After polite conversation we made our escape and proceeded to enjoy a game of Fortress Hide and Seek.
Our train wasn't til 7pm so we wandered around Salzburg and sat in the sun in the Mirabell Gardens until it was time to get our rucksacks from the hostel. We were set to get a train to Rosenheim then a sleeper train overnight to arrive in Roma at 9am the next day. We ran down a platform and jumped on an earlier train to Rosenheim. We were on our way again.
Stride like the rooster!
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