10. Salzburg - fortress, christmas, Mozart dinner

Yesterday we began by heading for the funicular to visit the Festung Hohensalzburg (somewhere in all that it means fortress).

View of the fortress through the skylight in our room.

Heading for the funicular (Festung Bahn) in  the cold autumn morning.

Views of Salzburg from the fort.

And guess which company runs the funicular.  This is for Hoon!

After lunch we wandered around the town a bit more.
Saw this food stall

and this is a cheese cutter.

Christmas is coming.  What a window display

and inside the same shop.

For my birthday, we went to a dinner with music (Mozart of course, there are no other composers in  this town) between each course.

As we came in - we were early.

A few more people.  We had a mother and daughter from Melbourne next to us and a couple from LA across from us.  One of their friends had lost a home in the fires.

This was during the performance.  The Christmas tree was on the stage so the musicians and singers had to sing from the front of the dining hall.  Not a problem for us.  The man is the tenor enjoying teasing the crowd.