Little Trip...

One of the classes on our program is a WWII class and they had an excursion to Eagle's Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) - Hitler's getaway in a small part of the German Alps. Other people could come even if you weren't in the class - it was just 10 euros which was a good deal to get there and back.

So we get to where we are going and I was thinking...hmm...the Eagle's Nest is up there...why are we down here? Well it actually doesn't open until May and it is just a restaurant, so we went to the little museum that they have and the professor lectured on every little thing there.

Driving up to the Eagle's Nest

There's the Eagle's Nest at the top of that mountain...this is as close as I got

A good view from the museum

A bunker underground that is opened to the public. It was incredibly huge!!

Later that day Emily's friend Catherine came into town (from Florence - who took us around there) with Andrew and Max (goes to UT but studying in Florence) and also Caroline (Emily's friend studying in Paris). We took them around Salzburg - the pastry shop, the sausage stand, Augustiner, annndddd we went to the Stiegl Brewery! We hadn't been either so it was pretty fun.

Picture of part of the outside

We walked through the museum and literally only saw like 2 people, so it was cool that we had it all to ourselves.

This is my favorite picture of the day. haha. What Salzburg is all about...beer and mountains. Well not really, but I thought it was funny.

Equipment

Beer fermenting/brewing

Caitlin and I in front of a huge beer pyramid!

We got to then sample 3 types of beer and got some type of salt/wheat flat chip/paper. I don't know...haha. I got some souvenirs and you also got a "free" gift included with the price of the tour. I got a glass that says Stiegl Salzburg. We went to the Augustiner and they really enjoyed it. We sat outside which was really cool because it hasn't really been warm enough to. They had all the lights on and I definitely want to go back again when it gets even warmer.