The next day we visited Vaduz where I managed to buy myself (really Mildred) a wee birthday present - (its my birthday this month!) and take a few photos of the castle on top of the town
From here we continued onto Austria into Innsbruck, to a very crowded camp - we felt like sardines - and we were the only ones not using very square inch of the allotted pitch.
It's still raining, so we got the buss into Innsbruck on Sunday (7.5 km) to visit the old town and finally sort out my old Cash Passport issues (ie Cashed it out). Loved the old town!
We wandered about for the morning had lunch with the locals in a kebab shop then got the bus back to camp mid afternoon - lovely. The only thing I liked about this camp site, even though it was rated top camp in 2010 was the bathroom displays, here's a sample:
Today we departed Innsbruck (actually it was Natters) packing up again wet in the rain and headed for Salzburg, along the way stopping at Swarovski for a look about their crystal museum. As we changed our names to get in, becoming B Bower, we were allowed into the VIP lounge for pink champagne at the end and given a 25th anniversary gift for visiting members! The entire place was amazing and very much along the tone of the Wearable Arts museum in Nelson.
When we got back outside Mildred was surrounded by old vintage cars from an Austrian Classic car club
Including a very nice Karmann Ghia
We decided to change Salzburg for Hallstatt, so this is where are are tonight, right by the Salzwelten salt mines - here's a picture from the sliding door of Mildred the Panaromabahn (you see one on the track going up) takes you to the oldest salt mine in the world
That's all for now having a traditional meal tonight, not sure what it's Kohlrabicremesuppe, Kummelbraten, followed with a desert of Kirschen mit Eis. I hope it tastes as good as it sounds!
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