Good-bye Melk, Hello Salzburg

Super low-key day today as we said good-bye to the sleepy little town of Melk and Greg-the-magnificent-train-coordinator got us through a train change and into Salzburg.

Our hotel is in a wonderful, old, pedestrian-friendly part of town and almost everything should be walking distance. So for our exciting day we walked on over to do laundry. Dinner at an Italian restaurant (Wendy was craving pasta) and a little snack/drink shopping at the local Spar.

Weather has been insane; we feel so fortunate. Apparently 2 weeks ago there was still 4' of snow, but we only saw a smidge of that in Vienna. Been close to freezing at night but high 40s or low 50s in the day. (Cold enough on my bike ride yesterday to wear gloves, a headband, and down jacket the whole time.) Salzburg feels even warmer. It was gorgeous training into Salzburg and seeing the countryside - very much like Pennsylvania - and the gorgeous, snow-covered Alps. Beautiful country!Read more