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

Budapest

Hey y'all,

I'm here in Budapest for the third day.  We are having a great time viewing the sites.  Yesterday, we spent in the old part of the city by the river.  We took a stroll up castle hill and then by parlament.  For my birthday dinner, we ate at the only Mexican place in town.  It was great.  Today, we saw "Statue Park" an outdoor museum filled with statues from the communist era.  We had a great time posing with the statues and taking pictures.

We are leaving tomorrow afternoon for Salzburg, Austria (the sound of music).  I think while the girls are taking the "Sound of Music Tour" the guys will be sliding down slids into salt mines.  Anyway, I'll try to keep you updated.

Josh