Dear Lana,
I am writing to
you in response to your last letter. I am glad to hear that your neighbours
will be there to show us the house! We will go there by car, so I’d wanted to
ask if there is a parking lot or maybe even a garage at your house? If no, is
there anywhere a car park nearby? It would also be good to know if there is a
monthly season ticket for public means available or if we would anyway be
better off going everywhere by car. Lastly, is there any restaurant serving
Danish delis near to your place? Maybe some little, cosy place where they sever
Smorebröd or something like that? Other than that, everything seems to be fine!
So here is all the relevant information for your stay at Saalbach-Hinterglemm.
As I already told
you in the last letter, my grandmother will pick you up at the airport
Salzburg. It would be great if you could wait at the main entrance of Terminal
1, so that she can find you easily. She will take you directly to her, or
actually your, place, where you are going to have a bedroom and a little
bathroom on your own. That means, you will only have to share the kitchen with
her. No worries, she’s a nice old lady; you can really use the kitchen at any
time of the day as long as you clean it up after cooking.
Unfortunately, the
next supermarket is around 15 minutes walk. It would probably the best to do
one big shop to fill the fridge. You can ask my grandmother if she can bring
you there and pick you up with the car, so that you don’t need to carry
everything the whole way home.
I think I’ve
already told you that the apartment is a little bit up on the mountain. The
huge advantage is that it s only three minutes away from the slopes, which is
great, as you won’t need to drag your ski gear a long distance. After a few
hours’ skiing, you can enjoy some après ski (after skiing) in one of the
various alms. Après ski does always take place between 4 o’clock pm until
something around 7 o’clock pm. If you are in favour of having a great time with
meeting a lot of people from more or less all over the world, this is where you
have to be! After that, you will probably hungry so I’d advise to book a table
in one of the cosy, very rural cottages that are situated all around my
grandmother’s place (I would particularly recommend “Kohlmaisstuben”; it’s
around 10 minutes walk).
In case
you get fed up with skiing one day, I would recommend a trip to Salzburg. The
old city is definitely worth a visit with its cute, little shops and the paved
streets. If you’re lucky, there will still be chestnut selling vendors who give
the city even more flair. In the afternoon you could visit the castle of
Salzburg (Burg Hohensalzburg) because there are always impressive exhibitions.
If you are generally interested in arts you could also give the
Mönchsbergmuseum a chance (it is at the
foot of the mountain where the castle is built on). Here’s a little description
of how you can get there easily: There is hourly a bus leaving from Saalbach to
Zell am See. It stops right in front of the train station where again hourly a
train sets off to Salzburg. From Salzburg train station it would be the best to
take bus line 24 to the inner city and get off at Mönchbergstation. From there
you can reach everything by foot. I will leave a map of Salzburg on the kitchen
table – just grab it!
If you
need a day off to relax and maybe get a massage, you can go to Kaprun. There is
a SPA where you can enjoy quietness after an exhausting day of skiing. Maybe
you can combine this with a fruity, refreshing cocktail in Zell am See which is
the biggest city near to Saalbach. You can also finish off one leisurely
evening with ice skating on the romantic, muted illuminated lake of Zell am
See.
Should
there be any questions left by now, just
get in touch with me! In case you need anything or have any questions while you
are here, my mum and my grandma are happy to help!
Kindest
regards,
Carla
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