25 May – Friday
Early start again and another hot day. Exciting start to the day when we discovered what caused the loud bang at 2.00am. Our room was only 2 rooms away from the balcony at the end of the corridor and the balcony above gave way partly and large chunks of concrete fell onto the balcony on our floor – I’m sure our bus driver was on another floor! Anyway, it was on to Salzburg and Mozart. Had a wonderful Austrian guide to show us about Salzburg, even if she did walk very fast! Of course, we saw all the compulsory places like where Mozart was born, where Mozart lived, where Mozart drank coffee and where they make Mozart chocolates. It was extremely hot in the squares, probably well over 40o with the reflected heat as it was 30o in the shade. Then it was to Hitler’s Eagles Nest Retreat, quite an interesting (and perhaps uncomfortable) feeling to be going somewhere so closely associated with Hitler and the Nazis. We had to listen to a fair bit of Nazi and Hitler history on the way but it was certainly worth the lecture. What an amazing feat of engineering to build a house on a ledge nearly 1,000 metres above the valley floor, and construct the road to it and all done in 13 months (even during the winter). A tunnel approximately 100 metres long led to a lift 129 metres tall, which took us directly inside the house. Hitler never lived here, only visited 13 times, but the building was mainly used for conferences and to impress those that needed to be impressed! Needless to say, the view of the Alps was just spectacular!
Then on to Vienna – a very long day, not arriving until 8.00pm at the Hilton. Wow!!! I’m glad I’m not paying the full price of €529, room only of course. The bathroom is unbelievable, with gold fittings (not sure if I will ever work out how to use the shower!), ceramic holders for the tissues and cotton balls (of course), designer toiletries, two “toilets” and a rubber duck each! The drive through the streets of Vienna also had the “WOW” factor, the buildings were amazing, one hardly knew which way to look.
Early start again and another hot day. Exciting start to the day when we discovered what caused the loud bang at 2.00am. Our room was only 2 rooms away from the balcony at the end of the corridor and the balcony above gave way partly and large chunks of concrete fell onto the balcony on our floor – I’m sure our bus driver was on another floor! Anyway, it was on to Salzburg and Mozart. Had a wonderful Austrian guide to show us about Salzburg, even if she did walk very fast! Of course, we saw all the compulsory places like where Mozart was born, where Mozart lived, where Mozart drank coffee and where they make Mozart chocolates. It was extremely hot in the squares, probably well over 40o with the reflected heat as it was 30o in the shade. Then it was to Hitler’s Eagles Nest Retreat, quite an interesting (and perhaps uncomfortable) feeling to be going somewhere so closely associated with Hitler and the Nazis. We had to listen to a fair bit of Nazi and Hitler history on the way but it was certainly worth the lecture. What an amazing feat of engineering to build a house on a ledge nearly 1,000 metres above the valley floor, and construct the road to it and all done in 13 months (even during the winter). A tunnel approximately 100 metres long led to a lift 129 metres tall, which took us directly inside the house. Hitler never lived here, only visited 13 times, but the building was mainly used for conferences and to impress those that needed to be impressed! Needless to say, the view of the Alps was just spectacular!
Then on to Vienna – a very long day, not arriving until 8.00pm at the Hilton. Wow!!! I’m glad I’m not paying the full price of €529, room only of course. The bathroom is unbelievable, with gold fittings (not sure if I will ever work out how to use the shower!), ceramic holders for the tissues and cotton balls (of course), designer toiletries, two “toilets” and a rubber duck each! The drive through the streets of Vienna also had the “WOW” factor, the buildings were amazing, one hardly knew which way to look.
2 comments:
Did you see Mozart's fortepiano? can't wait to visit Vienna sometime. Dave and Di won 500 last night, but I think it's the scoring system! Shan
that's just an excuse! Dave
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We deserved to win, we are AWESOME!!
Can't believe how hot it is over there! Hotel sounds nice :)
Di.
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