Travel Notes | Eastern Europe Series 4 – Taking you into the genius’ hometown “Salzburg”

Continued from the previous article: Eastern Europe Series 3 – This is not a fairy tale world, this is the fairy tale itself.

Music is the source of Wande's embryo, the sound of thinking, and the perfect embodiment of the soul.

–Passenger A

After 3 and a half hours, at dusk we finally arrived from the small town of CK to Salzburg, the hometown of the musical genius Mozart.

As soon as I entered the city, I felt that every cell in my body turned into a beating note. The notes would appear on the violin, jump to the cello, or simply hide in the piano and never come out. Close your eyes slightly and quietly feel the "Symphony in C Major" swirling in your mind.

Early the next morning, we parked the car next to Mirabell Gardens and started our half-day tour here!

The first stop: Mirabell Gardens, is a palace built by Wolf Dietrich for his lover Salome in 1606. I didn’t enter the palace and walked around the garden. The deepest feeling is that it should be very comfortable to have a BBQ here in summer, haha~~

Friendly reminder: July-August is the city's music festival every year. There are various music performances every night by the river, beside the square, and in Mirabell Garden.

Second stop: visit Mozart’s former residence. There are two places in the former residence.

This was the genius's residence from 1773 to 1781, where he created more than 150 works. Only some rooms are open here, the most important one is the reception room, and there is still a piano there. When I visited that day, I couldn't take pictures because there were children organizing activities there, which was a bit regretful.

Panoramic view of the mansion~~

This is No. 9 Grain Alley, the birthplace of Mozart. In 1917 it was turned into the Mozart Museum. (Did not go in for a visit due to time constraints.)

Grain Alley has now become a famous commercial street, and a 5-minute walk along the commercial street is the famous Salz Castle. I personally think this place is quite well designed. Imagine this is a couple, one is a history buff, the other is a shopaholic, they can definitely "seek common ground while reserving differences". You go explore the trajectory of your history, I go shopping happily, and finally meet at the point. No one will be delayed, hehehe~~

I happen to be a lover of female history, so instead of shopping, I went to walk around the castle~~

It seems that this trip may have offended the sun father-in-law, as he was rarely seen along the way. In this gray weather, looking at Salzburg from a distance and seeing the rusty city walls, I seem to hear a low humming sound in my ears, which seems to be telling us about the wars and disputes that have occurred here in the past thousand years. Love and Hatred.

There are two ways to go up to the castle: the first one: take a small train up, it takes 5 minutes to arrive, and it takes no effort and effort; the second one is to climb up step by step, which is laborious and laborious. The advantages are: one: it can exercise; two :If you pick up a prince or princess on the way to the castle , it won’t be a big profit. Hahaha~~

Standing on this castle, what you see and want can be summed up in one poem " You will be at the top of the mountain, and you will have a panoramic view of the mountains " . You can imagine the topography of this castle. In medieval Europe, because of the extremely powerful shadow of the church, countries were divided and reunited. Due to its unique geographical location, Salzburg is also a battleground for military strategists. However, this castle has never been captured. I have to admire the originality and first-class vision of the people who selected the site.

Look, you have a panoramic view of the old and new cities~~

After coming down from the castle, you can walk 2 minutes along the road to Salzburg's Cathedral. Although this cathedral looks similar to the Cathedral of Our Lady in Italy, Notre Dame de Paris in France, or the Sagrada Familia, the most unfinished building in the world. Compared to the cathedral, it's not on the same level; but it's awesome inside! The pipe organ here is the largest in Europe, with a total of 6,000 pipe organs. As the archbishop's musician here, our genius Mr. Mo also performed here. (Sorry for lack of time, I didn’t go for a walk)

After walking through the cathedral, it was already noon, and I could finally enjoy the food I had been craving for. I knew there was a century-old store here before I came here. When I arrived, I looked at the information on the door plate and thought, oh my God, this store has a history of thousands of years! Founded in 803 AD , most of the buildings were carved out of the mountain. Now another major feature here is the weekly Mozart-themed dinner, where performers dress in Mozart's period clothes and reenact the life of the talented musician.

highly recommended! Reason for recommendation: first-class environment.

Friends who know me know that the restaurants I recommend may not necessarily be the most delicious, but they must have first-class environments.

Look: the flower table, the sleeping goblet, the white tablecloth, the exquisite knives and forks, the beautiful, generous and decent waiter...

Beautiful and delicious~~

On the way back to the old city, we crossed the iron bridge over the Salz River (Salt River). The iron bridge was covered with concentric locks symbolizing happy love. May "All lovers in the world will eventually get married"! Walking on this iron bridge filled with the aroma of love, with the sensitivity of red wine intruding into my mind, Mozart's piano symphony once again swirled in my mind, only this time the flowing waves turned into black and white piano keys, standing in the woods on both sides. Become a cello, a violin, the breeze becomes a player, Mozart's soul is swaying them, and we are the lucky listeners.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the car slowly left Salzburg, and the handsome guy sang "Doremi" which instantly brought us back to the real world. I suddenly remembered that this place is not only the hometown of geniuses, but also the famous movie "The Sound of Music". The filming location, thinking of the seven smart and cute children, Doremi slowly began to hum in our mouths. Goodbye, Sabo! Goodbye, Mozart!

Hotel recommendations

This hotel is next to the Mirabell Gardens. The price/performance ratio is pretty good. The price is around 100 euros in the off-season and 30%-50% higher in the peak season.