Austria!
I took the train today from Fürth to Nüremberg to München to Salzberg, the first city without umlauts. I love it already! The taxi driver was the nicest so far, he suggested a couple spots to go see. The weather forecast is supposed to be for sunshine 25 degrees tomorrow. Most Austrians speak English. My hotel room is my favorite so far, roomy and nicely decorated. (I have taken pics of all my hotel rooms)
My tour guide in Fürth/Nüremberg was not a local, and he didn't know Nüremberg really at all, I ended up finding our way around better than he did. I did not go see Rothenberg ob der Tauber, I will have to come back and see it. It is supposed to be a cute town. Yesterday was a lazy day. I had a late start, then found my way to the internet cafe in downtown Fürth. I edited Mike's cover letter, he is trying to get a job. His english is okay, he is mostly good spirited. I paid for all our meals etc, which I think started getting on my nerves. But, all in all, it was nice to have someone to show me around, I was really lost, without knowing German. I think the areas that get more tourists are better with the English.
We saw Ich, Du, und der Andres, which is the German dubbed version of You, Me, and Dupree. I got the basic plot (there isn't much there), it was fun. Their movie theaters are really nice. You are assigned a seat (that German orderliness thing, I guess), the seats are coupled, so every other one has an armrest. If you bring in a drink, it's in a glass. And you can bring in beer. But no butter on the popcorn, but you can get salt or sugar. 30 minutes of commercials beforehand! And I saw a Marlboro ad, havenn't seen one of those in a long time.
I'm glad to be in a new city. Salzberg is really pretty. I will probably go on a Sound of Music tour.
Oh, I posted some pictures, on another site. Just a sampling so far:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingReg.jsp?Uc=leq600x.b2fyxwr1&Uy=-poam4b&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=311334013922_292966451405
Navigating the trains today was fun, a little challenging because it's all in German. The trains here are so nice and smooth, I fall asleep instantly.
Salzberg is the town of chocolate, Mozart, Sound of Music, and I forgot that Austria is the home of Riedel wine glasses. Good thing I already have some of those at home, schlepping those on the plane would be a pain.
That's pretty much it so far. I have three nights here, which seems like forever. Time has stretched out to be super long. I feel like I've gone for a really long time. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again.
Ciao - Au revoir - Auf Wiedersehn - Cheers,
kimba
My tour guide in Fürth/Nüremberg was not a local, and he didn't know Nüremberg really at all, I ended up finding our way around better than he did. I did not go see Rothenberg ob der Tauber, I will have to come back and see it. It is supposed to be a cute town. Yesterday was a lazy day. I had a late start, then found my way to the internet cafe in downtown Fürth. I edited Mike's cover letter, he is trying to get a job. His english is okay, he is mostly good spirited. I paid for all our meals etc, which I think started getting on my nerves. But, all in all, it was nice to have someone to show me around, I was really lost, without knowing German. I think the areas that get more tourists are better with the English.
We saw Ich, Du, und der Andres, which is the German dubbed version of You, Me, and Dupree. I got the basic plot (there isn't much there), it was fun. Their movie theaters are really nice. You are assigned a seat (that German orderliness thing, I guess), the seats are coupled, so every other one has an armrest. If you bring in a drink, it's in a glass. And you can bring in beer. But no butter on the popcorn, but you can get salt or sugar. 30 minutes of commercials beforehand! And I saw a Marlboro ad, havenn't seen one of those in a long time.
I'm glad to be in a new city. Salzberg is really pretty. I will probably go on a Sound of Music tour.
Oh, I posted some pictures, on another site. Just a sampling so far:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingReg.jsp?Uc=leq600x.b2fyxwr1&Uy=-poam4b&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=311334013922_292966451405
Navigating the trains today was fun, a little challenging because it's all in German. The trains here are so nice and smooth, I fall asleep instantly.
Salzberg is the town of chocolate, Mozart, Sound of Music, and I forgot that Austria is the home of Riedel wine glasses. Good thing I already have some of those at home, schlepping those on the plane would be a pain.
That's pretty much it so far. I have three nights here, which seems like forever. Time has stretched out to be super long. I feel like I've gone for a really long time. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends again.
Ciao - Au revoir - Auf Wiedersehn - Cheers,
kimba
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