Journeying

It was a raining day during our visit in Salzburg old town. The temperature was chilling and slightly windy. Luckily, the rain did not last long but the sky was cloudy after all.

We decided to buy the Salzburg card which valid for 24 hours in order to save certain amount of admission fees. The famous sightseeing in old town is the birthplace of Mozart. More

I thought the journey to Lake Königssee and Obersee was complicated, but, the journey to Hallstatt even much complicated! We took bus at the bus stop opposite of our hotel to the Central railway station, then, we took train to Hallstatt station. Next, we changed to a ferry to the Hallstatt. Huuuu, finally we arrived at the Hallstatt. More

If you notice one of the pictures, there is a red cross at the cliff, Falkensteiner Wand, which is a memorial for a boat accident in 1688. When the ship came near to the Echowand, the captain stopped the ship and the crew played a trumpet. The famous echo of Königssee can be heard at this point. The ship will stopped at the famous chapel of St.Bartholomä and the attached house which is a restaurant nowadays. The locals and tourists may stop by here or on board the ship for the journey to the last station, Salet (Lake Obersee). More

While we were waiting for our boat, we have a cup of coffee and ice-cream at a Café nearby the ticket counter. Unfortunately, we have bad impression with the café! The owner expected everyone there must or should able to speak German which is impossible. If that so, she should not have her business at famous tourist site. We have been waiting to pay for our drink and ice-cream but all workers were busy or no really bother much and rude compare to the waitress or waiters in Finland. More

Frankly speaking this trip was the best to me. The journey to there was a bit complicated. We left for Salzbug today and then took a bus from Salzburg Central Railway Station to the Lake Königssee. The train cabin we have to Salzburg was alike the cabin you can see in Harry Potter movie, isn’t it? Perhaps it is common in Germany but not in the place I’m staying. More

We spent whole morning in Deutsches Museum then headed to the Neue Pinakothek, Art gallery. We were given an audio guide device for our visit. This art gallery has a collection of 19th century, Romanticism to the Idealism art works. More

We visited the Deutsches Museum on the 3rd day of our stay in Munich. I would say the people in Munich were lucky to have such informative museum. It is a great place for school kids and even for undergraduate in universities. In addition, I think it is also a good place for the public to gain their general knowledge. More

Our next destination on second day in Germany was the fairy-tale king’s castles Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein in Schwangau bei Füssen. The journey from Munich to Füssen was not easy as I thought. We took subway to the Central railway station, took the train to Buchole, and then changed to other train from Buchole to Füssen. Done? Not yet. We have to take bus from Füssen city centre to the castles. More

After lunch, we continued to stroll around the old town of Munich. We were a bit hard to believe that it is not easy to find a convenience store for a bottle of drinking water in Munich. We tried to search around the shopping streets but no luck until we arrived at the Viktualienmarkt. We climbed up the tower of Frauenkirche (DOM) for view of Munich city. Next was Fünf Höfe complex and came to Residenz, the former residence of Bavarian kings and home of the Wittelsbach dynasty. More

We walked further down from the Marienplatz for our lunch. We were told by traveller guidebooks that we should not miss the Bavarian traditional food. They recommended Weißes Bräuhaus. The restaurant seems is local favourite restaurant, we saw many German come in for lunch and not much tourists (perhaps it still early for lunch at that time). We ordered the traditional pork knuckle, which also strongly recommended by many travellers in Internet and off course the German beer either. Both of us sat at kind of long table in the front hall; an old German couple joined our table later. Unfortunately, they can’t speak English and we can’t speak German. However, they did try to communicate with us with their extremely limited English. Hum, lovely old couple. More