Day 6 Festung Hohensalzburg & Augustine Biergarten
The fortress Panorama walk depicts a really decent arrangement of the progression from the medieval times through the centuries. Salt and location made Salzburg an ideal place for commerce and Christianity. It became a church-led principality as soon as power could be wrested away from the Romans, and especially powerful once Austria gained independence from Bavaria.
On this beautiful day, yet another one, we were serenaded by church bells. The local churches maintain a specific order, so their chimes don't interrupt one another...there are several churches. The 10 am chimes went on and on. Wonderful background to an awe-striking view along the parapet.
We really enjoyed the interactive munitions museum. There was a display where one could choose a combination of gunpowder ingredients, then the granularity, then watch how far the boom propelled a cannonball. Not very far in my attempt. Good thing I was not born in those times.
In the state chambers we learned blue paint demonstrated wealth. It was expensive, so the archbishops painted their ceilings blue, representing the sky, and added gold ornaments, representing stars...but in a systematic pattern, not constellations (still Austrian).
Museumed-out, we chilled then headed out to see what's up. Hmm, there's a Mozart piano recital for 25€pp, or.... there's a beer garden with 1L steins of beer for about 7€. I must say the beer garden was very well attended. Many fried food stalls fortified our drinking capacity.
Really wonderful day!
