Salzburg and Hallstatt, Austria

We started the day at the Hohensalzburg, Salzburg's fortress. Around 1525 AD, Salzburg was beseiged by the Turks. Despite all their efforts of food rationing, the people were down to only one ox. The town commander came up with an idea - parade the ox along the fortress walls; the following morning, the cow would be painted a different color and again paraded along the fortress walls. This fooled the Turks into believing that Salzburg had plenty of food for the long haul. The Turks then withdrew. Since then, the people of Salzburg have been known as Stierwascher - Oxen washers!

Arriving in Hallstatt, we toured the town a little, eating dinner at fastof Zauner.

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See more pics of our Eastern Europe Vacation:

Day 0 - Our Arrival
Day 1 - Rothenburg, Germany
Day 2 - Rothenburg and Fussen, Germany
Day 3 - Schwangau (Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein Castles, and Fussen, Germany
Day 4 - Fussen and Munchen (Munich), Germany
Day 5 - Dachau, Deutches Meuseum, Germany
Day 6 - Nymphenburg, Munchen, Germany
Day 7 - Munchen, Germany and Salzburg, Austria
Day 8 - Salzburg, Austria
Day 10 - Salzbergwerk (Salt Mine) Hallstatt, Dachstein Caves, Austria
Day 11 - Hallstatt and Wien (Viena), Austria
Day 12 - Schonbrunn Palace, Naturhistorisches Musem, Austria
Day 13 - Kunsthistoriches Museum, Wien, Austria
Day 14 - Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Day 15 - Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Day 16 - Cesky Krumlov and Praha (Prague), Czech Republic
Day 17 - Praha, Czech Republic
Day 18 - Praha, Czech Republic
Day 19 - Praha, Czech Republic
Day 20 - Budapest, Hungary
Day 21 - Pest, Hungary
Day 22 - Buda, Hungary
Day 23 - Our last day :( in Budapest, Hungary

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