June 15

We got up about 8:30ish, Leah was already showered and dressed. I had showered the night before so I rushed to get dressed since breakfast ended around 9/9:30. The owner/caretaker of the hostel drove us and a young Australian couple to the dock. We traveled back to the train station and wlaked around that area for a long while, waiting for our train. We stopped at a café and I ordered a bowl of tortellini with fresh spaghetti sauce with fresh basil leaves, and a roll. Oh, so delicious. No one knows how to make Italian food better than the Italians! I also got some sort of pastry with a creamy filling. We walked some more, stopping to feed some pigeons, and pet a dog that seemed to be wandering aimlessly. Soon, it was time to get to the station to catch our train.

Our train was easy to find, and was already parked in the station, an hour before our departure time. We were not allowed on the train for some time as they cleaned the cars. We had one train switch in the midst of our travel back to Salzburg. I slept through most of the first half of the trip, but woke to “ooohh’s!” and “ahhh’s!” We were passing a salt mine. I tried to get a picture, but found my camera too late.

The second station was a non-descript place, and we did not have to wait too long for our next train. We sat in public seats this time, like seats on an airplane or bus. A few of the seats were in groups of four around a table, but we were seated facing front like everyone else.

There were so many photo opportunities of little old villages nestled in valleys at the bottom of the gigantic Alps Mountains. The water here is beautiful: an opaque blue-green, more blue than green. It almost looks like Jade.