Luzern, Innsbruck, and Salzburg

I took the train from florence to Luzern. Honestly, there isn´t much to do there. It was nice and there is a famous statue of a lion for the fallen swiss soldiers in some french war but other than that, just the alps. the only other guy in my room was chinese and although he was nice, he also explained to me how easterners are "grander" than westerners. He also had the stereotypical attire and a really big camera on which he took a whole bunch of random photos that "easterners" tend to do.

Innsbruck was fun. It´s such a small town but nice. However, once again, not much to do there. I went into a big church (Dom St. Jakob), saw the golden roof which jamie can tell you about if you care to know more, and went hiking, which was the best part. I think I walked up in total about 1000 meters to this little cafe on the hill. Going up and down took me just about 3 hours and it was nice. I think Innsbruck is a great place for winter sports and summer sports but not much in the way of spring and autumn.

Salzburg has been the best. I first arrived and went to the Residence of Mozart. They also had a special exhibition on how he and Joseph Hayden (another famous composer older than Mozart) were friends/colleagues. After that, I walked around the "Alstadt" (Old Town) and then went up to the fortress on the hill overlooking the city. Instead of going in, I decided to keep on walking and did another hike there. I landed up sitting on a bench looking at the alps in the distance and another part of Salzburg in the foreground. Very nice views. That evening, I met an Argentinian girl and a guy from New Zealand (a Kiwi). We went to a classical concert put on by the college students of music here. It was good...I´m better. Then we went to the Augustiner Bier Garden. We each had 2 liters of beer, a bratwurst, mustard and a roll. Yesterday, I got up and watched a little of the Sound of Music then went walking around. I went to Berchtesgaden (across the German border) to see Hitler´s Eagle´s nest. Unfortunately, it was closed until the summer so I walked around the town for a bit and went back to Salzburg. I walked around a bit more then met a few of my roommates: a guy from England, a guy from Australia, and a guy from New York who lived in Australia until he was 5, then moved to England. He was a mix of all 3 of us. We then proceeded to drink a lot at the Hostel and the Augustiner. Honestly, I can´t remember when I´ve laughed that much. The whole night was hilarious. Now I´m off to Munich. Will post again on Friday