After leaving Oktoberfest, we hopped a train to Austria, I was ready for some different food. But being that Salzburg isn’t too far from Munich ( a 2 hour train ride), I didn’t have high hopes. We arrived, unloaded at the hotel and asked the front desk about where to go for lunch. She directed us to the only place she knew that was open… an authentic German cuisine restaurant. We walked there and when arrived I looked up at it with defeated eyes.
Hubbs took pity on me and agreed to wonder around for another restaurant. After finding a few that were closed, we stumbled across a small place that served ITALIAN food & WINE! I’ve never been so happy!
I devoured this and thus began my love affair with Italian food… in Austria. Italian places were prevalent all around Austria. I don’t know why, but I wasn’t asking questions… just savoring 🙂
Pasta with meat sauce
Freshly made pasta with tomatoes & shrimps (everywhere pluralized shrimp, so I’ll do the same :))
Penne with broccoli, shrimps & red sauce gnocchi with a TON of cheese!
salad, pizza & french onion soup
more spaghetti…. del mar
lasagna with arugula
pizza del mar
I was on a delightful white carb binge…. and I couldn’t be happier!
Not only was the food wonderful, the sights were beautiful in Salzburg. It is the home of The Sound of Music and the birth place of Mozart… and they are very proud of both of them (as they should be).
I think my favorite place was Salzburg, but I’m not sure if it had more to do with the incredible views and cute, historic city… or the fact that my stomach was finally happy again 🙂
Tomorrow I’ll sum up my most and least favorite parts of all the food, sights, activities, then next week I’ll be back to blogging as usual. Thank so much for indulging my fun of reliving my first trip to Europe!
When you travel… do you eat only the local cuisine? Or do you search out foods that you recognize?
Marina says
Salzburg is so close to my hometown in Croatia, you should have visited me!
Yummy looking pasta!
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen says
I prefer to “Eat (Like A) Local” when I travel…but I would have made an exception for that meal!!!! Oh my GOLL…the gnocchi….the pasta del mar….
And I am now officially going to call them shrimpS, too. 🙂
Holly @ couchpotatoathlete says
To be honest I travel so rarely that I don’t know how to answer the question! I would prefer to eat local foods — only because I can’t get them at home. Plus I think it adds to the travel/vacation aspect by trying new things.
Baking Serendipity says
I love Italian food! It all looks delicious 🙂 Gorgeous pictures! I’m still jealous of your trip!
Aimee says
Like Holly, I so rarely get to travel anywhere! When I did go to Russia the only option was to eat what they ate (though we did visit McDonald’s when we were in Moscow).
Paj says
Salzburg is so beautiful! Thanks for helping me relive past trips through your posts. Really miss Europe!
I try to eat local when I travel, but often do get to a point where my stomach can’t handle it either and usually just end up going to grocery stores for produce, bread, etc. instead of full eating meals.
Corey @ The Runner's Cookie says
The Italian food looks so yummy! I try to eat the local food when I travel, but if I’m not feeling it, I will eat whatever looks good to me. Did you get a chance to go to the opera while you were in Austria??
Courtney says
Salzburg is my absolute FAVORITE place that I visited when I backpacked Europe last year, visiting 11 countries in one month. I love the green rolling hills, river, and the castle on the hill overlooking the town! I also love how you can walk anywhere, buy a beer and drink it on the street, and visit the gardens that are in the Sound of Music! I am happy that you are there!
Sarah for Real says
Very cool! All the foods looked amazing! Are you only recapping your eats or was that mostly all you did there? haha
I’m slowly transitioning to being brave and eating what the locals eat when I travel. Lately that only means gravy on my fries when I go up to BC. I can handle that 😀
Back in 2004 when I went to Spain and Portugal, I was NOT an adventurous eater. I didn’t do seafood either. I ate ham and cheese sandwiches for every meal for two weeks. Seriously, I am not kidding.
On my honeymoon in 2006 I was really brave and ate the Cook Island’s specialty dish, Ika Mata, that was sorta like tuna sashimi in coconut sauce.
Nichole says
Pizza de awesome! Come here my carb loving friend! And now I want wine:)
I think you have to go local, I always tell myself it stinks to get the same thing you could get back home:)
Pure2raw Twins says
I try to eat local cusine but with my stomach issues that can be difficult at times 😉 I wish I could so I tend to stick with just fruit and veggies while I am traveling.
Melissa says
Italian foods looks delicious; definietly one of my faves! But I’m not a big traveler, so couldn’t say about the local versus what I’m accustomed to.
Shawnee says
Awesome photos. You just made my stomach growel. I love local cusine. But then again I’ve only been to Mexico and Canada outside of the US.
christen says
wow it was like Salzburg was an italian lover’s heaven…the food looks amazing!! I bet you felt so much better when you were no longer in the land of sausages!