For lunch during the week we co to a little restaurant down the street from the college. Today we had a dumpling dish with an egg mixture almost like scrambled eggs. It was very good. In my previous experiences in Europe, the serving sizes are much smaller than we find in the US. This dish, however, was anything but small. To top it off they also had some sort of chocolate cake as a dessert.
After that meal, I was quite glad we were going on a historical walking tour of Salzburg. The tour took us all around the town and our guide pointed out many places throughout where parts of The Sound of Music was filmed. The tour ended at the famous cathedral after a good 2 hours of walking. I think I’m starting to find my way around the old historic part now.
After the tour ended a few of us walked to the market and split a huge chocolate covered pretzel, though the bread was more like a croissant/pastry than our pretzels. On our way back to campus we stopped and each bought an original hand-made Mozart Chocolate Ball (delicious!!).
Once back at the college, I picked up my bag and went to catch the bus home for dinner. I played a game with the girls and Martin when I first got back then had my dinner. Martina had made a salad that contained sliced smoked sausage, cheese, peppers and pickles. It was really good. She also had homemade apple strudel with a homemade whipped cream to put on top. They say things don’t taste the same here as in the states… and they are right!!
Then Martina and I enjoyed a small cup of coffee and talked for a little while. Now I’m about to get ready for bed (despite the fact that it’s only 8 (or as I should say 20:00) and read for a while.
Tomorrow we have our first master class with Dr. Hardenbergh who is the director of the program and a professor at the University of Miami. Tomorrow’s master class will be focusing on German diction. After the master class, a bunch of us are planning to go hike half way up the mountain towards the castle and go to the Stiegl brewery and beer garden. Our wonderful tour guide was so nice to point it out for us as well as how to get there. She also told us it is the oldest brewery in Salzburg.
So for now, Baba! (Austrian slang for hi and good-bye much like the Italian’s “ciao” or the French’s “salut”)
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