Sunday, July 29, 2012

Eating, Drinking and Sleeping in Austria/Munich! July 2012

Pension Hargita in Vienna

display at Nordsee, a seafood chain

smoked salmon sandwich at Nordsee in Vienna

display at Coffeeshop Company cafe inside Thalia.at bookstore in Vienna

sachertorte w/whip cream

breakfast at Pension Hargita (5 euros each)

cheese/eggplant sandwich from Anka, a bakery chain

display at Spar grocery store near the Opera House

bagel sandwich and Stiegl beer at the park in front of Academy of Fine Arts

Paulaner beer and Fanta orange soda

anchovie pizza+4 cheese pizza at Mia Cuccina Restaurant in Vienna

at a food kiosk on the Ringstrasse in Vienna

spinach pie at Burgegarten where the Mozart statue is located

coffee and apricot pastry at Konditorei Oberlaa in Vienna

cheese pastry w/vanilla sauce

fried mushrooms and grilled fish at Reinthaler's Beisl in Vienna

Mark and Manfred at 1516 pub where they make their own microbrewery beer

"dumplings in a napkin" (serviettenknodel) in mushroom sauce at 1516 pub

spaetzle pasta baked in cheese (yum! Austrian version of macaroni and cheese?!)

Bankhammer B+B in Salzburg

our room at Bankhammer B+B dairy farm

salad w/vinegared vegetables, smoked trout w/pasta, again baked pasta w/cheese!
at Gasthof Schachlwirt on Moostrasse

breakfast at Bankhammer B+B

pretzel at Hohensalzburg Fortress

salmon, sachertorte, beer at Nordsee in Salzburg

butter cookie and pastry at Flockner while waiting for the Sound of Music tour

fried fish at Stadtwirt Restaurant in Salzburg

fried fish at Fisch Krieg next to the Salzach River in Salzburg

Haus Elisabeth B+B in Zell am See

our room at Haus Elisabeth

breakfast at Haus Elisabeth

grilled fish and more baked pasta w/cheese at Gasthof Tauernstuberl in Zell am See

strong cheese w/bread and cherry kuchen at Almwirtschaft Schneckenreith in Kaprun

Haus Patricia B+B in Lofer

our room at Haus Patricia

pasta and salmon pizza w/arugula at Restaurant Dankl in Lofer

chocolate mousse cake w/3-berry topping

apple strudel made by Mrs Rummel

grilled fish w/almond butter sauce at Neuwirt Restaurant in Lofer

steamed trout w/butter and trout fillet in tomato basil sauce at Forellenstube Restaurant in Lofer

a mass (1 liter) of dark radler beer (combined w/lemonade) at the Hofbrauhaus beer hall in Munich

retrieving pretzels at Norma grocery store in Munich

our room at Litty's Hotel in Munich

coffee at the Victorian House Cafe Klenz at the Alte Pinakothek museum in Munich

cheese+raspberry pastry from a train station bakery in Munich

beer, giant pretzel, salad, potato salad at the Chinese Tower biergarten in Munich

Munich: July 24--27, 2012

Alter Botanischer Garten

New Town Hall w/glockenspiel

Dachau Concentration Camp

Neue Pinokothek--European art from 1800-1920

Alte Pinokothek--European art from 14th--19th centuries

Chinese Tower biergarten in the English Garden

St Peter's Church

Lofer: July 21--24, 2012

view from our B+B balcony

going up towards Lofer Alm

resting from our hike

view of Lofer

another view from our hike

gravesite of Mark's maternal grandma, Margarete Fuchs--it has gotten weedy

we cleaned up the site--added a stone garden since no one is there to plant annual or perennial flowers
Mark is using a permanent marker to re-darken the letterings on the plaque

view of cemetery where Mark's grandma's gravesite is located--each plot has gardening soil for loved ones to plant flowers, etc

visiting the Rummels at their home

cow is the mascot for the cable car/lift company