Salzburg - The hills are alive!

Alright now..here we go..Round 1 of my winter trip!


We departed from Dublin to Salzburg airport on Saturday the 20th. The flight was delayed for about an hour for an unknown reason. That's Ryanair. They alwaysssssss do this. Kitorang dah keluar rumah dari pukul 5 pagi...so melepak-lepak lah kami dekat ruang menunggu tu...sampai akhirnya kami boarded at about 11.50am!

usha bapa mengendong anak comel. hahaha..jangan rasa takut dgn saya, this is done only out of boredom.

Usai 2 jam lebih penerbangan kami tiba di Lapangan Terbang Salzburg, Austria. Bile keluar je dari kapal terbang tu macam nervous jugak lah sebab tak pernah lagi merasa duduk negara yang bersnow dengan frequentnye kan. It was okay initially. Rasa macam dekat tempat ski when I was in Aussie. Sebab malas nak berjalan-jalan, we took a cab from airport to the hostel.

one of the first view upon arriving. time tu excited la lagi.

Kami memilih YOHO International (Youth Hostel) sebagai tempat penginapan. 20eu per pax per nite for a room with 2 bunkbeds (muat 4 orang) Saya, Wany and Jims plus seorang lagi orang luar yang kami tak sempat nak borak-borak sebab dia datang lewat, and kami menjadi Melayu typical yang kera sumbang..kekeke...mintak maaf Vivekananda *nama rekaan sebab tak dengar sangat receptionist tu sebut nama dia.

Room 310 at YOHO!

the streets we passed by on the way to Old City

Ini pertama kali saya menjejakkan kaki ke negara bersalji begini. And it was kinda a shock to all of us. Flight dah lah delay..sampai dah petang.. so nothing really can be done in that cold chilly night. So we just took a stroll at the shopping streets and the river. Kesejukan yang menggigit tulang memaksa kami untuk pulang awal ke bilik selepas menjamah dinner di kedai kebab (makanan kebangsaan sewaktu travel. huhu) Dan percaya atau tidak, by 8 o clock that nite kitorang dah sedia terbaring atas katil keletihan dan kesejukan..memang tak gune...kekeke~
Betul sejuk tak tipu! And if you can see at the back the hills are covered with the white snow!

Getreidegasse - the shopping streets

typical Europe magnificent building

Salzburg ni ialah bandar keempat terbesar di negara Austria. AUSTRIA bukan AUSTRALIA tau :P Kalau anda pernah menonton The Sound of Music, you may think you know all there is to see in Salzburg. Salzburg ni terletak antara dua tebing Salzach River, at the point where it is pinched between two mountains, the Kapuzinerberg on one side, the Monchsberg on the other. In broader view are many beautiful Alpine peaks. Dia jugak merupakan tempat kelahiran the famous composer Mozart.

Salzach River

Sebaiknya kalau nak lagi berpuas hati untuk tour di Salzburg ni joining one of the tours is the best option. Transportation settled, explanations semua lengkap. Tour packages start as low as 18eu until 80-90eu. Of course the bigger the price, the more places you can cover la kan. Tapi sebab kami kesuntukan masa disebabkan nak kejar train untuk ke Vienna, we just did our own tour...which ended up with nothing much sebab terlampau sejuk. Jalan dua tiga langkah dah masuk cafe minum hot choc..Kekeke~Jadi kami sempat la jalan-jalan sikit di the Old City.

we *think* this is the Mirabell...but it doesn't seem like it :p

All in all Salzburg is one nice place to go if you are a nature and music lover. The view memang sangat cantik..and I bet if you go there over the summer it would be more spectacular.

More pictures can be viewed from my facebook album =)

p/s : ayat skemaaaaa tatahannnn...