Austria

Salzburg and Vienna

By Hilton Luke

February 2^nd, 2018

salzburg

We arrive in Salzburg under thick cloud and make our way on foot from the train station to the Old Town.

It's midday, 28 December, but there is still a nice sense of seasonal festivities about.

Show me the mountains...

From above

The view from Hohensalzburg Castle (translation, High Salzburg Fortress)

From below

The view to Hohensalzburg Castle.

Afternoon stroll

Nothing helps digest a traditional Bavarian meal at lunch like a delightful afternoon stroll through the parklands above Salzburg Old Town.

Yes, I was the one that consumed the wild-boar sausage and potatoes at lunch... I needed the 16,000 step 'stroll' which lasted 2 hours.

Vienna

I took a photo tour with Harald on arrival on Vienna. We travelled to lots of locations around the city and got some great photos in locations that I would never otherwise visited.

Cold

I particularly like this photo—not because it's 'technically a good photo'—rather, how it turned out under the conditions I captured it in. It was ice cold—rain, sleet and snow. I've never felt colder.