Austrian Travels - En Route to Salzburg

Last year, I received a text message from my college roommate containing one simple sentence "How do you feel about Vienna in the spring?" A few months later, I was getting my first stamp in my passport - on a trip to Vienna, Austria.

Although I loved every minute spent in Vienna, one of my favorite parts of my trip was a day trip to Salzburg. On the way to Salzburg, we stopped twice. The first was at a 'rest stop'. This was definitely not an American rest stop. The building was a large log one, and inside was a large cafeteria style room where you could order anything from coffee or Gelato or even muffins or fruit. In addition, the rest stop offered spectacular views of the Austrian countryside.

The second stop was a small lakeside town in the Alps, St. Gilgen. We spent a short time in this area, but this quaint area was full of charm and natural beauty.

There were cable cars going up the moutain (which we didn't have a chance to ride), leading to what I can only imagine is a breathtaking experience.

If the whole engineering thing stops working for me, I'm thinking owning a bed and breakfast in this little town might be a dream come true...