Sparkling Salzburg
Hello blog-world, I'm back!
I apologise it has been a while. February's weekends were mostly spent skiing, while March was filled with birthday celebrations. Oh and then there is the boyfriend. Yes, you did read that correctly, the Fräulein has finally stumbled across a decent Mr. for which she was happy to give up her single-life.
Before I get to that story though, let's rewind back a bit, prior to Christmas. I will acknowledge, that it is officially spring, but since the weather has turned back to negative temperatures and snowshowers, it feels acceptable to rewind back to winter…
In the lead up to Christmas, the towns and cities in Germany and Austria sparkle with fairy-lit Christmas markets. One such market renowned for its sparkle, is Salzburg.
Since the Mr. came along just before Christmas, he had planned a trip to Salzburg with another couple to check out the Christmas market there, without the knowledge that I had already planned a trip with a couple of my favourite ladies (Julia and Kathi) the previous weekend. And so I visited Salzburg twice in two weeks, resulting in a plethora of pictures…So let's get into it!
The train from Munich to Salzburg takes almost two hours. Once one arrives at the Salzburg train station, you pretty much just have to follow the masses across the bridge to get to the old-town.
The 'Getreidegasse' is the main shopping street, and although commercialised like most cities, it's been done so quite prettily.
There is generally more than one Christmas market in each city, the trick is to snooping out the best one - or rather, the one with the best mulled wine. And there is only one way to test that…
This was the first "test", at one of the smaller markets, tucked into a quaint internal courtyard off the Getreidegasse.
My favourite stall was the 'Krippenschnitzer'.
Though I also liked this sign…
…and the giant baubles!
Soon, it was time to leave the baubles behind and test the mulled wine at the "main" market.
By the time we had made our way around all the (mulled wine) stalls, we were feeling the need to sit down, so we headed inside the dome for a rest from the bustle outside, and to admire its spectacular architecture.
Particularly the gallery, enveloping the grand organ.
Once we returned outside, darkness was falling and the sparkle of Salzburg truly began to show.
Now you may remember at the beginning of this story, I mentioned I had been to Salzburg twice. So this is where the ending of the story differs.
With Julia and Kathi, after we had admired all the twinkling, and a fifth (or was it a sixth?) round of mulled wine - this may have added to the twinkling - we rewarded ourselves with a final treat and embarked on our two hour journey home.
By the time I visited Salzburg with the boyfriend, Theresa and Phillip aka Flip, we were all quite over Christmas market food. Due to our hangover we had had to take a later train to Salzburg, and it was already dark and dinnertime by the time we arrived. But none of us were quite sure of what we felt like…
We had to be back at the train by 9pm since we thought that that was when the last train was going back to Munich. So there wasn't enough time for a proper sit-down meal, but none of us could muster enthusiasm for a pitstop at Maccas either. Flip had raved about a place serving amazing "fingerfood", and since we were pushed for time, on a whim, we decided to pop into 'Carpe Diem' for a quickie dinner.
The proper restaurant is upstairs, but we managed to nab a spot in the "cafe & teahouse". Once we had got comfortable and had a peek at the menu, we realised there would be no way we rush this…We decided we would savour the meal and if worse came to worst, we would just have to spend the night in Salzburg.
The concept of Carpe Diem is to serve all its meals as the most delicate "fingerfood". Some of the portions are just smaller, but it means you can try bits of everything, which in my books, is just perfect!
So we ordered up a storm…
…and ordered some more, until our table represented - heaven! One of the culinary innovations at Carpe Diem are the cones, used to present burgers, beef tatar, fish as well as desserts. The cones are produced in-house and all have different flavours to perfectly complement each particular dish.
While the Salzburg Christmas market is impressive, it turns out, the real sparkle of Salzburg, is the food. In the end, the boys had misread the train timetable, and the last train went at 11pm and we could sleep in our own beds after all.
Since we hadn't calculated in an extra hour, we took the long way back to the station which winds alongside the river reflecting the city lights. I must admit, it was quite romantic…
Yours truly,
Fräulein SoulFood x
I apologise it has been a while. February's weekends were mostly spent skiing, while March was filled with birthday celebrations. Oh and then there is the boyfriend. Yes, you did read that correctly, the Fräulein has finally stumbled across a decent Mr. for which she was happy to give up her single-life.
Before I get to that story though, let's rewind back a bit, prior to Christmas. I will acknowledge, that it is officially spring, but since the weather has turned back to negative temperatures and snowshowers, it feels acceptable to rewind back to winter…
In the lead up to Christmas, the towns and cities in Germany and Austria sparkle with fairy-lit Christmas markets. One such market renowned for its sparkle, is Salzburg.
Since the Mr. came along just before Christmas, he had planned a trip to Salzburg with another couple to check out the Christmas market there, without the knowledge that I had already planned a trip with a couple of my favourite ladies (Julia and Kathi) the previous weekend. And so I visited Salzburg twice in two weeks, resulting in a plethora of pictures…So let's get into it!
The train from Munich to Salzburg takes almost two hours. Once one arrives at the Salzburg train station, you pretty much just have to follow the masses across the bridge to get to the old-town.
The 'Getreidegasse' is the main shopping street, and although commercialised like most cities, it's been done so quite prettily.
There is generally more than one Christmas market in each city, the trick is to snooping out the best one - or rather, the one with the best mulled wine. And there is only one way to test that…
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| Cheers! |
My favourite stall was the 'Krippenschnitzer'.
Though I also liked this sign…
…and the giant baubles!
Soon, it was time to leave the baubles behind and test the mulled wine at the "main" market.
By the time we had made our way around all the (mulled wine) stalls, we were feeling the need to sit down, so we headed inside the dome for a rest from the bustle outside, and to admire its spectacular architecture.
Particularly the gallery, enveloping the grand organ.
Once we returned outside, darkness was falling and the sparkle of Salzburg truly began to show.
Now you may remember at the beginning of this story, I mentioned I had been to Salzburg twice. So this is where the ending of the story differs.
With Julia and Kathi, after we had admired all the twinkling, and a fifth (or was it a sixth?) round of mulled wine - this may have added to the twinkling - we rewarded ourselves with a final treat and embarked on our two hour journey home.
By the time I visited Salzburg with the boyfriend, Theresa and Phillip aka Flip, we were all quite over Christmas market food. Due to our hangover we had had to take a later train to Salzburg, and it was already dark and dinnertime by the time we arrived. But none of us were quite sure of what we felt like…
We had to be back at the train by 9pm since we thought that that was when the last train was going back to Munich. So there wasn't enough time for a proper sit-down meal, but none of us could muster enthusiasm for a pitstop at Maccas either. Flip had raved about a place serving amazing "fingerfood", and since we were pushed for time, on a whim, we decided to pop into 'Carpe Diem' for a quickie dinner.
The proper restaurant is upstairs, but we managed to nab a spot in the "cafe & teahouse". Once we had got comfortable and had a peek at the menu, we realised there would be no way we rush this…We decided we would savour the meal and if worse came to worst, we would just have to spend the night in Salzburg.
The concept of Carpe Diem is to serve all its meals as the most delicate "fingerfood". Some of the portions are just smaller, but it means you can try bits of everything, which in my books, is just perfect!
So we ordered up a storm…
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| Beef tatar in a Sancho-pepper cone. |
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| Flamed Ikarimi salmon, violet mustard, baked oyster & purslane/pigweed |
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| This was an incredible kind of cheese mousse |
While the Salzburg Christmas market is impressive, it turns out, the real sparkle of Salzburg, is the food. In the end, the boys had misread the train timetable, and the last train went at 11pm and we could sleep in our own beds after all.
Since we hadn't calculated in an extra hour, we took the long way back to the station which winds alongside the river reflecting the city lights. I must admit, it was quite romantic…
Cue romantic couple selfie? No, for those of you wondering why no picture of the Mr. has featured in this post, I haven't decided yet whether or not I want to share him with the blogging world. You'll know when I've decided, in the meantime he shall remain my (very handsome) little secret! ;)
Fräulein SoulFood x
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