After our Mozart morning, we wandered a bit downtown. John bought some bags of Mozart Kugeln chocolate balls (he’s been looking for the best price since we arrived here and found it today in a SPAR grocery store wedged into a slot of shops to the right of the Mozart Haus.
Below is the home Mozart’s wife, Konstanze lived in with her children and second husband after Mozart’s death. His name was Georg von Nissen.
Interesting old clock had all sorts of barometric devices.
Good luck pigs for the New Year.
More Christmas Markets.
We had 2 bakeries on our list today. This is Salzburg’s Oldest Bakery–more than 800 years old! It was by the watermill. You could smell the bread baking from outside. We got in the line to go down into the old bakery. They showed a video of the bread making on a wall as we stood in line. They still make the old style dark bread made with a sourdough starter, and rye. Just three ingredients. When we got to the counter, they’d just brought a big pan of white bread rolls out of the oven. They were piping hot. We bought 2 for 3,40. Oh, so good. Warmed us.
We were right by our favorite cemetery and the old 1491 Church/Chapel where they’d had the funeral Saturday when we were there. Got to go inside today. I love the interesting headstones of iron there. Everything was covered in frost.
I LOVED returning to this small interesting cemetery.
The sexton is closing a new grave.
Then we went to the Franziskaner Kirche, another one not far away that we’d not gone into yet. It was first built in the 8th century, then rebuilt and dedicated in 1221. Spectacular old Gothic, then Baroque added later. The ceiling–Wow!
Spectacular ceiling!
Here is the memorial for the 30 April 1938 Book Burning in the plaza.
The plaza or square here is called the Mozartplatz.
Mozart’s sons were still living when they put up this statue of him here.
We walked along the river for a bit (it was so cold), just to see some of the mansion homes along the way. Wondered who has lived there though the years and who lives there now.
Then we went back to the main street through the old town. We enjoyed the Christmas lights and the interesting signage hanging above us.
At the end of the street we went into the very old Stadtpfarrkirche. It was gated inside, so you could only look in on the chapel. The gate was intricate and beautiful. We do not tire of seeing inside all these churches.
By then it was 4:30. We saw everything on our list and our dinner reservation at the famous Schnitzel Love restaurant wasn’t until 7:00. We decided to go by to see if we could get in earlier (rather than going home and coming back). They were willing, so we had our Schnitzel dinner. This restaurant is also in Vienna and it’s famous for the best Schnitzel. They pound it really thin and you can choose what kind of oil/butter/lard you want it cooked in. It’s served with sides of potato salad, boiled potatoes with parsley, cucumber salad or cranberry sauce. I got a half portion (the regular has 2 huge pieces that overlap and fill the entire plate). It was good. Schnitzel is a favorite here.
Our last evening in Salzburg. We’ve loved our time here. There are so many interesting things to see and do. And being here at Christmastime has been magical. Tomorrow we’ll leave mid-day to take the train back to Frankfurt to welcome in the new year.
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