Mercure Salzburg City

... functions as a sort of S bahn service in Salzburg's north, took us 1 stop out of the underground Hbf platform to Salzburg Itzling, where the Lokalbahn have their workshops and storage sidings. As we were unfamiliar with the system we didn't push the ...

... that the stop's timetable only listed "Sontag" instead of the usual "Sontag / Friertag" combo. Like all public transport in Salzburg, our route 25 "Autobus" (normal diesel bus, in this case a Merc Citaro, Bus of the Year 2007) service arrived perfectly ...

... €15/person. So I'm off to the Billa supermarket for croissants and orange juice. After breakfast armed with our Salzburg card we head out of the city to Hellbrunn, a 17th C palace. The palace is not large and incomplete but it has beautiful Italian ...

... ;Eventually the bus made it to a town called Villach in Austria and we went across the street to the train station to go to Salzburg.  The train was running a little behind (which would have never happened in Japan) but when it showed up and we found ...

... when we arrived at Neuschwanstein. After leaving the castle it rained all the way to Munich. When we arrived in Munich (Mercure hotel city centre) we still had time for a walk to Marienplatz, and see the square all lit up with Christmas decorations, ...

... city's West Train Station, I called my cousin Roland to let him know I've reached the city.  Roland is the director of Mercure Hotel Biedermayer in the city center.  He told me that when I get to Vienna, I need to call him and come to the hotel ...

After hitting up Melk we ended up spending the night in Salzburg again because of its proximity to Munich. We ended up spending most of the afternoon in Salzburg so by the time we get to Munich we are pretty beat. We grab some food at a Bavarian food hall ...

... Berlin and I would definitely go back for the history, nightlife and beer but we have a train to catch. Next stop Munich to pick up the rental car and drive our way into Austria and Hungary. Salzburg the home of Mozart and the Van Trapp family is on ...