Salzburg Rooftops
We decided to take a little road trip on Saturday. To Austria. Doesn't that just sound sooo European? A tiny little day trip - to another country??!! I'm really getting my Julie Andrews on these days. First hiking the alps and then visiting the city of fair Maria and die Familia VonTrapp. Unbelievably, Thomas has never seen the movie so he has no idea why I keep belting out songs in town squares. La - a note to follow... So, we hit the road around nine and were in Salzburg around 11. Hard to beat.We did the requisite trip to the Fortress HohenSalzburg where I had one of those "duh" moments while reading a museum placard. Salzburg literally means "Salt Castle" so named because of the Salzach river on which the town was settled and along which ships transported - duh - salt. We also did the standard stop and gawk outside the house where Mozart was born.
The rest of the time we spent wandering through the narrow cobblestone streets, peeking in (or more accurately) drooling over the ship windows. The amount of chocolate condensed into the old city is both belly bursting and mind blowing. Thomas unexpectedly, and quite unconvincingly, professed a great love for all things operatic the moment he saw the Mozart chocolate store. I think I could have gotten him to agree to season tickets for The Met in exchange for Eine Kleine Chocolate Box. Unfortunately, he's on a one month chocolate moratorium so he had to settle instead for a Wurst in a cozy Austrian eatery.
On the way home we stopped to poke around in several small towns one of which had a family run restaurant that just happened to be serving home-made warm apple strudel with fresh whipped cream. And that leads us to our...
German Lesson for the Day
Those of you who know my limited German skills know I have a fondness for making up new German words to suit a situation. For instance, a nap is a Knipper. A snack is a Geschnibble. And warm apple strudel is Schmecklich. Geschmack being the German word for "taste." Schmecklich being the Alexia word for tasty. Used in a sentence - Warmes Apfelstrudel is sehr, sehr schmecklich.
Note: schmecklich can also be used to describe German soccer player Michael Ballack.
End of Lesson
On the way home we stopped a Chiemsee to watch the sunset. All in all a perfect road trip.
2 comments:
Hey:
It's like you're on a permanent vacation!
And the way you're going, once you watch the film "In Bruges", I'm sure you'll be heading to Belgium. Once again, great pictures.
I love your German, by the way. In fact, I think you should market it as "Alexia German". Afterall, the only challenge Pig Latin has is Esperanto - and most people think that's a type of coffee anyway!
Love and kisses to all,
Bill
I thought I was the only person who said schmecklich! I married a German woman last year and have a few Alexia-style words in my locker now. Being playful with the language is the only way to stay sane - if I worried about making mistakes I'd never say another word.
By the way, we've never met. I googled schmecklich to see if it existed and came across your blog.
Graeme in Bath, England
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