It’s been a while since I’ve been here. It’s another long train trip and I arrive there almost at dusk. I’m a bit out of the old town so I begin my walk along the Danube river. It’s funny how everything looks so different according to which part of the town you are staying in. I can see the castle on the hill, the church bells are tolling.
The Xmas market is small but with beautiful decorations and I try the orange gluwein flavoured with the famous Mozart chocolate liquor, topped with cream, it warms me up.
The town is festive and crowded as I search for a restaurant where I end up having an excellent salad.
The walk home over the old bridge, festooned with lights and lover’s locks is ghostly in the background of whitish coloured cliffs and white churches. I’m only a night here to break up an otherwise ten hour trip. Budapest is next on the list.
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