Yesterday, the 23rd we took the train from Zurich to Salzburg. We arrived at 2pm, had a quick late lunch, and then went to a music concert in the Baroque Museum in the Mirabell Castle complex. We followed that up with an organic, vegetarian Indian dinner and then crashed at our hotel.
This morning was Christmas Eve! We spent the morning doing some shopping, and got some snowshoes. We had originally planned to get cross country skiis, but the poor weather (it's raining) and the challenges of transporting skis everywhere on public transit suggested that snowshoes would be the better choice. I'm sure we'll have pictures of us on snowshoes in a few days when we get to Faistenau!
After lunch we went out to the famous Salzburg Christmas Markets. I enjoyed this quite a bit - lots of interesting food, drink, spices, nuts, fruits, and other gourmet foods. And the Christmas decorations were really spectacular. I took quite a few pictures - some of the better ones are below. We've been relaxing in our hotel for a couple of hours before heading out for dinner. Not too many restaurants are open, but there's a Japanese place just down the road that looks good, so we'll try that... Tomorrow morning we're going to try to attend the Christmas Morning Mass at the Dom.
(Click on the pictures for closer views:)
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| One small part of the main market, which surrounds the Dom (cathedral) |
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| The Brezel (pretzel) stall |
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| All kinds of tree ornament... I thought the hedgehog was particularly cute. |
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| An angelic choir of identical angels. |
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| There was a skating rink just outside the market, with this costumed angel skating around it handing out treats... |
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| Apricot Schnapps. Claire is not a fan. |
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| Samiklaus... and Claire surprised in the background |
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