This trip is comprised of “travel days” and “do things days.” For every place we go we travel, do things, repeat! So today was a “do things” day but unfortunately, it was also a cloudy rainy day. Our plan was to take the funicular to the top of the mountain and walk the “sky walk,” one of those glass floored platforms that hangs over the edge of a cliff, and then visit the salt mines that are oldest mines in Europe. My poor modestly acrophobic and claustrophobic wife must have been disappointed that we had to cancel. She’s a trooper!
Instead we searched for some cough medicine (to no avail). Then we looked for an umbrella and some Hallstatt centric Christmas presents. Realizing that our train travel tomorrow would go through lunch, we bought some sandwiches and drinks for the trip.
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| Our room 3rd floor, right |
On to lunch, a tour of the local museum, drinks dinner and a chat with our eldest son. Of course, people watching was high on the list, and they didn’t disappoint. We have been surprised by the number of Asian and Arab tourists that come here. Deb googled it - there are 780 residents in the town and typically 10,000-30,000 visitors (even on a rainy day)
Tomorrow, back to our little hideaway in Vienna.
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