12 Dec

Before leaving Salzburg we had time to wander around the farmers market in Universitätsplatz (we didn’t go to the Christmas market) and the oldest bakery in the city. From the old bakery I got a 1kg round, flat loaf of stone-baked rye bread (€3.90). At one of the farmers market stalls we bought a poppy seed strudel (€2.50), a gingerbread cookie with devil icing decoration (€1) and a hollow, cylindrical Hungarian sweet bread with cinnamon sugar (€4). The Hungarian sweet bread was the nicest of the things we bought....

17:45 / Austria / Dessert/Sweets / Farmer's Market / Food Markets / Hungarian / Salzburg / Travel
11 Dec

This was the nicest hotel we stayed in during the whole tour. Dinner was topinambur cream soup (a creamy artichoke soup with maybe potato in it), an entrecote of beef with, green beans wrapped in bacon and macaire potatoes (fried potato cakes with peas and bacon bits) and nougat dumplings with stewed plums. I’m not sure where the nougat was, but the dumplings were filled with chocolate. I was given the biggest piece of beef out of everyone on the table, so I swapped my plate with dad’s. [gallery...

19:42 / Austria / Austrian / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Misc European / NH Hotel / Restaurants / Salzburg / Travel
11 Dec

Café Sacher in Innsbruck is famous for its sachertorte (supreme chocolate cake). We bought a take-away slice of the sachertorte for €4.90. The mini 4x4cm one was €2.90). A2 and I tried some just before getting on the bus. It was not too sweet (even with the icing), but chocolaty and moist, especially with the soft semi-liquid layer in between. The top of each slice was graced with a chocolate disc. [caption id="attachment_2337" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Sachertorte[/caption]...

17:40 / Austria / Austrian / Café Sacher / Dessert/Sweets / Food / Innsbruck / Restaurants / Travel
10 Dec

At the train station there was a stall selling one of the Swiss national dishes where a big block of cheese is heated and the melted cheese is scraped off and put on bread/vegetables etc. One slice of bread with cheese was 8CHF and I wasn’t interested in it because it was just cheese on toast. If I was going to try a cheesy dish it would have been fondue. Unfortunately mum kept saying ‘Want to try? Want to try?’ so the man thought we wanted it and...

15:52 / Dessert/Sweets / Lucerne / Misc European / Swiss / Switzerland / Train Station / Travel
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