2021-10-02,03 – Bled to Salzburg
When we entered Austria we stopped to buy a vignette, a permit to use the “A” highways. In the past it was always a sticker that we bought from a person at a gas station. This time we encountered machines at a rest stop. First, a general pass, for whatever. Then another for the A-10. Then we realized we were on A-11 so we bought a third.
The drive was beautiful with little traffic for much of the trip.
Many tunnels, some of them rather long. They posted the length at the entrance so we knew roughly how long we would be driving in each – maybe two minutes, maybe seven.
Between the tunnels the scenery was world class.
In Salzburg we stayed at the same B&B as in the past, though now operated by the son and his wife.
View from our balcony
View from the other window. The owners not only run a B&B but also farm.
We took bus 21 to the city center just to look around.
On Sunday we returned our car in Freilassing, Germany, and took a taxi to the Salzburg airport. When we arrived there was one flight ahead of ours. Only a few flights later. Pretty quiet. No pressure at security.
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