There's a smallish mountain right by our hostel, so we decided to set out for a morning hike. First, we popped into the Aldi across the street (which is actually called Hofer in Austria) to get some bananas and breakfast pastries. Then, we headed up the mountain.
It took less than twenty minutes to get to the top, but there were a ton of stairs, so it wasn't easy. We succeeded, though, and got to have breakfast with a view.
Our big event of the day was a strudel-making class. After cooling off a bit from our hike at the hostel, we set out to find the location of the class. It wasn't too difficult, and the place turned out to be really neat. It was basically inside a mountain: all the walls were rock, and it was super nice and cool in there.
When we arrived, our instructor, Johann, greeted us and informed us that we were having a private lesson. So cool! He first showed us how to make apple studel, and then let us make one ourselves. It wasn't too hard, but we were definitely a little worried about messing up!
After we put the strudels in the oven, Johann told us we were going to make another dessert! We were pretty surprised, and a little concerned because we had never even heard of the dish: Salzburg Nockerl. It's supposed to look like the three mountains of Salzburg, and is kind of like a meringue (but with an egg yolk added). It wasn't super easy to make, but it turned out looking okay and tasting good.
The strudel was fantastic! Much better than what we had the day before in Montsee. (He marked ours with the cute little pretzel you may or may not be able to see).
It was a super fun class! I definitely want to make apple strudel when I get home.
We then headed to the fortress that sits above the city. Our step count for the day was already pretty high, so we let ourselves take the tram thing to the top (which was pretty cool--reminded me of the cog railway in Colorado Springs). The fortress itself was very interesting and well-organized; I appreciated that for every windy staircase you had to go up, there was a separate one going down. We learned some history, but mostly appreciated the wonderful views from all the different balconies.
Following the fortress excursion, we went back to the hostel to cool off and rest. The sun was incredibly strong! We Skyped with the third piece of our pie, Shea, for a while, which is always fun.
By the time we were ready to set out for dinner, the blue skies were long gone, and replaced by some ominous clouds. We made the wise choice of taking our umbrellas with us to dinner.
We ate at a cute Austrian-style restaurant (the word Fox was in the name of it! I love foxes), and ate in its fancy courtyard. Kayla and I both got spaetzle, but this one tasted exactly like alfredo pizza from CiCi's! Aka what she and I used to eat almost weekly back when we were 14. We loved it! We probably would've eaten more, but then it started to rain, and our table was not covered. For a while we had our umbrellas up, but then it got so bad that we just wanted to leave. We quickly paid and went back to the hostel.
Our original plan had been to check out the hostel's rooftop bar that night, but with all that lightning in the air, we decided not to. Instead, after showering, we watched The Princess and the Frog, one of my all-time favorites. Before going to bed, we kind of set a game plan for our next morning of travel. And now we're off to Vienna!
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