Wednesday the 8th September
We left Innsbruck by way of Germany... Although we didn't actually realise we were in Germany until we stopped at a service station and saw Germany souviners. Didn't even realise we crossed the border. Its like that a lot here, havent been stopped or checked once and only the trusty GPS tells us we are in another country!
Although we were in Germany!! (all be it briefly). - So Brendon bought a stein...
We moved on, via the Eagles Nest. It was bought for Hitler on his 50th birthday, up high in the south of Germany, near the border of Austria - About 30 minutes drive from Salzburg. The only way up there was to catch a bus, and then a tunnel to an elevator. We spent some time up there taking in the scenery and the whole experience of being somewhere that Hitler had been was a bit surreal.
There wasn't really much up there now except for a nice cafe and the rooms which are now a restaurant. Not too much about history or anything, and they were doing major renovations so other stuff was closed. We left feeling a little dissapointed.
We finally made it to Salzburg and the hotel in the evening and we had a rest then went out to find a place to eat. It was POURING rain. But it was a nice evening, ran into some more Aussies and had a good meal of Indian food... Funny that
Highlights of Today:
- View from the eagles nest
- Walking around rainy Salzburg
- Chatting to Aussies
- Laughing at the annoying American man trying to chat up a bunch of Aussie women on the bus back from the eagles nest, to have them later describe him as "A WANKER"
Lowlights of Today:
- Eagles nest was a bit boring
- Hotel room was a bit shabby in comparison to previous rooms
- Tiny bathroom
- Europe seems to have a chronic lack of toilet paper even though you have to pay to use the bathrooms, for future travellers: TAKE TISSUES!
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