Today was nearly a disastrous day. I got up and ate breakfast in the hotel. Lonnie decided not to eat breakfast since he keeps getting sick. Also, he said that they don't have any choices. I will let you decide. The choices are: boiled eggs (soft), scrambled eggs, several types of lunch meat, several kinds of cheese, 4 kinds of cereal, 3 or 4 kinds of yogurt, various breads, fruit, milk, juices, and my personal favorite, hot chocolate. (actually, hot chocolate is not on the buffet, but they fix it for me anyway). I know there are a few more things, but since I don't eat them I can't remember. Oh, they also have tomatoes and cucumbers. Anyway, the truth of the matter is, Lonnie does not like breakfast unless it is Burger King.
We changed hotel rooms because we couldn't get internet in our other room. Then we drove into Salzburg and took the funicular up to Hohensalzburg Fortress on top of the mountain, with plans to walk back down the mountain. They had a special 100 year Marionette exhibit so I had to see that. As I stepped inside the castle room, I didn't notice how uneven the floor was, and twisted my left foot. It hurt a lot, but I was still able to walk on it. (I am writing this on Friday night and it still hurts, but I walked - or limped - all over Salzburg today on it.)
Even though it hurt a lot, we still walked down the mountain so that I could see Nonnberg Abbey again. They have changed the way that you go out of the castle, and it was really steep.
After touring the fortress, we drove around the Salzkammergut area. I wanted to go to Hitler's Eagle's Nest (or we would have stayed in Salzburg for the day), but when we got there it was closed due to snow.
Since we were already out of town, we continued on around the area. We drove to Chiemsee, but it was too late to take the ferry to the island to see the castle. We also went through Seebrucke where we saw a Minigolf sign. What I saw there gave a whole new meaning to Minigolf. The lanes, or whatever they are called were up on tables, and you used a pool cue instead of a golf club. Otherwise, everything looked the same as a regular putt-putt golf, except miniaturized. Interesting.
The other interesting thing we saw in Seebrucke. . .guys in their twenties walking around with their swim trunks around their thighs instead of where they were supposed to be worn. We only saw them from "behind". . .
We got back to the hotel late, but couldn't eat there because they were expecting a large group. That reminded us that we hadn't eaten at our favorite place in Wals yet. What had we been thinking? The food at our favorite place is much better than what is served at our hotel, and we could have been eating there every night.
When we got back to the hotel, the group had arrived. They were from Bosnia, and carried on most of the night. . So, not much sleep . . .
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