My time in Salzburg has ended. Salzburg is the beneficiary of magnificent architecture from the hands of man and from the hands of God. Its castle, called Fortress Salzburg, best represents the cooperation between God and man. The awesome man-made structure lies atop a beautiful God-made mountain overlooking the city. The local bishop broke ground in the 11th century (His boss broke ground at some earlier date). Its purpose was to protect church from state. In 1786, the bishop decided to dispense with the armaments that protected Salzburg and open up the Fortress to visitors. Bad move. A visitor from France, Napoleon, seized Fortress Salzburg in 1800. It was the first time a foreigner had taken the complex over until my arrival. Well beneath the castle is Augustiner Bräu, a beerhall which serves the beverage that local monks have brewed for more than 400 years. I drank two giant beers at the giant beerhall. No joke, the beer is divine. Again, God played a hand in one of Salzburg's great attractions. I'm off to Brno, Czech Republic.
Hi Daniel. Is Salzburg more beautiful than Prague? Who is more powerful God or Chuck Norris? What about Chuck Norris and John Basedow?
Salzburg has mountains. But Prague's architecture, which is really gothic, beats any city's in my not-so-well-travelled estimation.
God or Chuck Norris? I would answer you, but then I would have to deal with eternal damnation or a jumping side kick from the bearded one. I fear both.
Norris or John Basedow? I need only refer to Chuckism 72 B: "Chuck Norris uses a night light. Not because he is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris." Does that answer your question.
I do know for a fact that Chuck Noris's tears cure cancer and that he lost his virginity before his father. Basedow is just super strong.
Agreed, Dan. Old Prague has to be the most beautiful city in the world... Close second is Venice. But it's hard to call it a "city" because Venice doesn't really have any reason to exist anymore. It lives on as a kind of a wierd "theme park" for Europe.
I'm going to Budapest in April, and I hope to catch the train over to Prauge and Vienna for a brief period. I have only the loosest of reasons to go to Prague, but I'll take any excuse to return.
Hope you're having a good time!
The chief export of Austria is Vienna fingers. The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris moves at two speeds, walk and kill.
