Monday, August 6, 2012

July 31st: Olympic Party

We had a late start to the day, enjoying the sun out on our balcony. Deciding that we wanted to spend a full day in Salzburg and take a tour (since we know nothing about it), we figured it wouldn’t hurt to go today and just walk around and explore on our own. 
This is our breakfast spot! Bauer (The Austrian Starbucks)

Well, Salzburg is a big city, and we went without a plan, or any idea of which part of town to go to. So it’s no surprise that we went to the wrong part of town. We went to modern Salzburg, not the old town. Confused and at a loss of what to do, we wandered around, snuck into a cafe to use the bathroom and snuck back out without buying anything (with everyone staring at us), and went to......... (drum roll)...... SPAR! We bought snacks and chocolate and beer so that we could have an Olympic watching party later.

After our short day trip, we headed back to Saafeldon where we searched for Nick’s illusive “steakhouse.” He swore that he had seen a sign for one, and was on a mission to eat there, only there. Some time later, we managed to find it, only to see that it was closed, so we settled on eating at another restaurant that looked pretty popular. Have we mentioned that we like the food in Austria better than Italy? One schnitzel and a calzone later, we were headed back to our condo to watch the Olympics.... in style :)

We both rocked our American flag bandanas :)

It’s funny to see the Olympic sports that are popular here. This was the night we discovered team handball. For those of you who know me and know about my Olympic aspirations. Handball was made for me, and I WILL be playing it soon. :)

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