Just before finishing in Spain I went to Salzburg for a long weekend to see everyone and attend the final party with all of the assistants. Due to my flight being fairly early in the morning I stayed at Sarah's the night before and it was really lovely to see her. Then it was an early start for me to get my flight to Munich.
I flew with Iberia, something I had never done before and they managed to annoy me very quickly. When I booked the tickets they said remember to bring the card you paid with as verification, so when my purse was stolen I made sure to check with them (twice, in person and on the phone) that this would not be an issue as I no longer had the card. Both times they said it would be fine, however when the time came it was not ok. This resulted in a half hour of sorting it out at the Iberia desk.. not really that big an issue but annoying nonetheless.
The flight went by really quickly and before I knew it I was in the train crossing the bridge into the station where you get a beautiful view of the city. Maija and Keri met me at the station and then we went for an ice cream in the Mirabell gardens. In the evening the girls went out for a meal before heading to the Belgium bar for a drink. It was really lovely to be back and it felt like Katie and I had just been gone for a long weekend.
The following morning Maija and I headed to Alchemie for their famous Schokomuffin, which entirely lived up to my expectations. The other girls met us there and we enjoyed a leisurely coffee before heading to Keri's to get the BBQ (or grill as the American's say) for the afternoon. We then headed to Volksgarten for an afternoon in the sun eating and drinking and generally being merry :) Getting to the Volksgarten was hilarious. Imagine Keri with a BBQ full of food, Maija carrying bags of food and beer and then me with a rucksack containing a watermelon on my back and a bag of coal in each hand... then add us running for the bus! It was a perfect afternoon and the evening completed the day with a trip to Murphy's and then a late night/early morning wander of Salzburg's nightlife with Keri where we even met some of her students, who dragged us into a bar on our way home.
The following day we went for breakfast and met Maija, Dave and Matt before heading to the wine festival happening by Mirabell Gardens. When I was in Austria we went there all the time for the mulled wine and now we went for wine tasting.. I see a pattern here :P After having tasted some different wines from across Austria, including a very nice 'rosecco' we went for a casual sit by the river before going for ice cream :) In the evening we went out for dinner before heading to Emily's for the party. It was really lovely to see everyone again and I had a really good time :D I don't know if I will ever again meet quite such a special group of people.
On the Sunday we had a very leisurely day which involved a lot of eating and sitting out in the sun by the river. On Monday I was due to go to Bischofshofen but due to a change of plans I spent the day in Salzburg walking around and taking it all in before going out to dinner. It was nice to see the town again in spring because all of the statues were uncovered and the atmosphere is different.
I am so glad I went back and got to make the most of seeing everyone again. :) Salzburg really is one of my favourite European cities and if you haven't been yet.. what are you waiting for!
The famous Schokomuffin
What would happen if we swapped hair... it amused me so thought I would share
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