We left Salzburg, so sad. And headed out to the wilds of Austria. We took a train for about 3 and 1/2 hours and every time we tried to find our destination on the time-tables, we couldn't find it. So we took a leap of faith and hoped for the best. We would have followed Rick and his advice, but we accidently threw away the pages about Hallstatt. Anyway, the conductor said, "yes we go to Hallstatt". So we continued on the train, out past the most beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers and little towns. Beyond your imagination.
Then we arrived at the Hallstatt stop and there was nothing. Just a wide place in the road. We look around and luckily I remembered from Rick's book that we needed to take a ferry across the lake. So we asked a biker that happened to be riding past and spoke a little English. He said, you go by boat, go to the dock. So we headed down a little path and found a small dock with 4 other people waiting. We could see the ferry coming across the lake. It was so great, a ferry to our hotel. It deosn't get better than that. The air is warm, though the photos make it look cold. The 4 people at the dock were Americans from Denver I think, we are meeting so many I can't remember. And of course, they are following Rick's book. Seems like everyone who is at these great places are following his lead.
Our pension is unbelievable. On the lake, creaky and totally everything is uneven and we have tripped a bunch of times and we love, love, love it. How will we ever be able to stay in a regular hotel? We have a skeleton key for our room, a bed with a roof, yes, a roof. And two flights of circular stairs just to get to our floor. Packing light pays off again!
If we never come home, you will know where we are.... Hallstatt is our new favorite place. Up, up and away into the mountains we go.
From the town on the lake,
You guys have found a few favorite places thus far. If you were to legitimately not come back, I don't think I would know where to look to find you...
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