Day 17 Goodbye Munchen Hello Salzburg

We agreed to an early breakfast as we wanted to check out by 8.30.  The train we picked was 9.27 but was actually 9.35am.  We wanted to get there before lunch.  We picked an express one  which was good as it only took 1 1/2 hours.  We arrived at the train and boarded and put our luggage in the racks and Jason said sit anywhere.... so we found two table seats for 8 people and got cossy.  Later we found out that above our seats it said reserved, when the people came to sit down at them so up we got, and tried to find seats that weren't reserved until after Salzburg.  This meant that we were all split up....we were a bit grumpy at Jason as we had open tickets and I think this prevented him from locking in seats for us.
We arrived, got our luggage.  Dragged Greg and Evans off as we didn't know where they were.....Evan panicked as he couldn't find his and raced off to another carriage....we finally told him we had his bag, we got told you could have told me!!  We said we only just saw you running off....anyhoo we made it .  Off to the hotel....Which was lovely and literally just over the road from the train station.  Our rooms weren't ready yet so we put all our luggage in a holding area near reception and looked at brochures to see what was on offer.  We found one for the cable car up the mountain side and set off to the bus .  We didn't get the right one and got off once Jason realised that we would also have to take a train as well to get to the cable car.  As we would be running out of daylight we decided to leave it for tomorrow.  So walked back the way the bus came and headed to this castle/ fortress up the hill over looking the old and new city.  Up loads of hills and steps....I tell you who needs a gym....buns of steel on this trip!!

Views as we went were just amazing and agree that Salzburg is just so beautiful.  So different to Munich and far less people 150,000 instead of 1.3 million.  We missed the bit to get the venicular to the top so more hills  to get our ticket.  and wait ...more inclines!!
We all agreed to lunch and a much needed drink....So cafe/restaurant was the first stop.  Ladies toilet no view, Males toilet fantastic view ( going by Evans photo not from going in there) .  Once watered and fed we set off to see what the Fesung Hohensalzburg had to offer.  First stop was the dungeon tour and look at the battlement areas.....Once outside we had 360 degree look out over the City.Snow capped Mountains surrounding the city...breathe taking.

Katie  and I went out earlier than the others and I took a picture of her on a sleigh.  The others joined us shortly. .

 Once down we went into the various Museums.  through another gift store ( Amber jewellery) and out to the Venicular to go down to the bottom....At the bottom Terri and Greg went off to the hotel as Greg had had enough.
The rest of us meandered through the Christmas Markets,

I actually think these ones are better and have loads more different things...once again so many wooden things  that I'm not sure I would be able to get back into Australia.  Made our way back to the hotel through gorgeous side streets and over a beautifully lit bridge with padlocks over it....gorgeous view when looking back at the City.

 Along the river we walked and finally got there....grabbed our bags and up to our rooms to shower and change.  We were meeting in 1/2 hour to go find some dinner as we found out that the restaurant upstairs was closed due to a function.
Found a pizaa place on a corner five minutes from the hotel. Katie had a beef soup with pancake strips in it, Jason Spaghetti Bolonaise and Evan Duncan and I had pizza...Duncan and I were going to share one....but with one bite of it my mouth was on fire and needed a very cold drink to calm it down.....we decided it was the sauce.....so I ordered another one...Evan was worried I would only eat one piece....Proved him wrong and ate three!!  lol
Paid our bill and headed back so we could do some blogs as we were falling behind with them.....bed by 11pm.