It’s work week, which means some casual sightseeing in the morning followed by work in the evenings.  I decided to make Wednesday Mozart day, as there were a couple attractions around the city about him since he was born here and lived here for a while.This is Mozart’s Birthplace.  It was also the birthplace of a bunch of his brothers and sisters, but they died, because that’s what happened back then.

Then I visited Mozart’s Home, which came with a free audio guide so I listened to a bunch of things about Mozart.  General consensus was that he was pretty talented.

I decided to take a picture of Salzburg as I crossed this bridge.  Not really sure if it does the view justice, but it probably does.  It’s a nice little city.

And after a rough day of listening to facts about Mozart I retired to the hostel to work and partake in what has become a daily ritual.

Wednesday night I could feel a sickness coming on, and didn’t sleep well.  Thursday morning was crappy, and I am sick.  Bad head cold, but I decided to head out on an excursion anyways.  It was raining in the morning, so I dressed warm.

And then the sun came out so I was too hot.  And my head hurt.  But I made it to Königssee to see the lake and the nice overlook.  I walked over to the lake first where they offer boat rides (which looked cool, but not as cool as climbing the mountain).  I didn’t do those – I took the cable car up (took like 30 minutes) and walked around the top of the mountain.  Here are views of that.

It was kind of a cute tourist town, and you could buy a lot of the traditional Bavarian stuff like liederhausen.  It’s expensive though.

I then spent the rest of the day taking the wrong buses, giving myself an unofficial tour of the outskirts of Salzburg.  Got some work done, did a conference call, and now I’m going to bed early.  Hopefully I don’t feel horrible tomorrow.