Anyone who grew up watching Sound of Music has a certain expectation of Austria — pristine landscapes, luxurious palaces, beautiful music, really old buildings…and I am SUPER happy to say I experienced ALL of this to be true! Eric & I recently returned from a two week trip to Austria & southern Germany. My next few blog posts will cover this trip.

The first day of our trip began with a flight to Munich followed by a train to Salzburg (flights were MUCH cheaper to Munich). I had purchased a Bayern ticket before we left the US, so all we had to do was find the next train to Salzburg & locate the correct platform. Easy Peasy. The 10 minute bus ride in Salzburg to our hotel is what gave us a near apoplexy. I had looked up a possible route before we left home, so I knew we needed “Bus Line 2,” but I DIDN’T know there would be different kinds of kiosks & homeless teens asking us for money while we’re trying to figure out how to buy a ticket — that was our first panic attack. The second panic set in after we purchased the ticket & realized it didn’t say what bus or platform to use. I thankfully remembered seeing the bus # on the kiosk screen, but we still had to guess on the platform.