Sophisticated Salzburg

We arrived in Salzburg, Austria – the land of apple strudel, Mozart, marionettes, and of course, The Sound of Music.

While we have been extremely lucky with very little rain so far on our trip, our first day in Salzburg was a very damp and dreary. Not for the first time, we arrived on a public holiday. We spent the morning in the warmth of a café enjoying apple strudel and buying Mozart chocolates (which, for the chocolate connoisseurs out there, are super cheap!).

On exploring Salzburg over the next few days, we found it to be classy, stylish and sophisticated, with a particularly well-preserved old town. While we have noticed that in a lot of old cities, the quaint buildings and shop fronts are somewhat distracted with the overbearing signage of modern chain stores, Salzburg has done a great job of sticking with tradition. Even McDonalds has had to tone down it’s ubiquitous golden arches in keeping with tradition.