Salzburg

Greetings from Salzburg.

For the next few days, I'll be in the city that was the birthplace for Mozart, and the setting for ''The Sound of Music.''  It is beautiful.  However, we almost didn't make it out of Budapest.  While on the metro, we got stopped by ticket control officers (a middle age woman with huge frizzy hair and her partner, a middle aged, tired man).  We didn't have properly validated tickets because the onlz machine dispesing tickets took only coins and we were out.  Anyway, she went from expecting 2400 HUF (about $12)  from each of us (there are 6 of us), to taking 4000 HUF (about $20) for the whole group.  This was after a threat to call the police and raise the fine to 5600 HUF (almost $30 each).  We finally escaped and made it safely to the train the next morning.

Salzburg is great (a bit more expensive), but great nonetheless.

More updates to come...

 
Josh