Week two contained a weekend full of adventures!
Our Thursday excursion consisted of a visit to Hallstatt, a lovely little town resting between a mountainside and a lake. It was there we also toured Salzburg's oldest salt mine, which was delicious as well as informative. Not to mention the only way to get from mine to mine was via slide.
In addition to Hallstatt, we also walked through Bad Ischl, a town housing several of Austria's Kaisers. The German group split from the History students at this point, and our homework assignment was to visit and order coffee and cake at Café Zauner (difficult, right?). And so, with bellies full of Eis-Schokolade and Torte, we returned to Salzburg to prepare for our trip the next day to Munich.
And Munich was sehr toll! What a beautiful city, combined with hundreds of years of history as well as modern amenities. While it was over ninety degrees with sixty-precent humidity, we still managed to have fun, paying visits to the Olympic stadium, Englischer Garden, Marienplatz, and, of course...
...the Munich Hofbräuhaus! With the best beer and ox goulash I've ever had. Not to say I've had much experience with ox goulash, but it was still delicious! We traveled back to Austria and Salzburg that night, and the following morning we took the van to our next destination.
Wolfgangsee! It was another ninety degree day, so we packed up a picnic and spent the afternoon swimming, playing soccer, and relaxing on the picturesque lakeside.
And so ended week two! Week three has come and gone with plenty of adventures as well, including our weekend in Vienna and Budapest. Tune in later for updates!
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