Today we did a walking tour of Salzburg. “The” Cathedral was pretty awesome. I emphasize “The” because when I asked the name to clarify which church or monastery in town this was (of which there are many) Eva got a little p.o.’d at me when I thought it was the St. Peter’s church, which was within the cemetery at the Cathedral. It was around here that Jim told us about when the castle was under siege and the archbishop paraded a bull back and forth on the walls, painting it a different color each time so that the enemies thought that they had a larger food supply and could thus hold out. One of the colors that the bull was painted was red. Hence this is where the name Red Bull comes from. I also discovered that the horse statue I walk by everyday on my way into town from the castle is actually a fountain that horses were walked through to bathe in. This is the same fountain seen in the Sound of Music.
I finally tried the B-52 shot today at O’Malley’s pub. I’ve wanted to try this for awhile as it’s a layered shot that I found on Wikipedia once. What I didn’t know about this particular shot was that it’s a bit of a show, hence the price of 5 Euros. Upon setting the glass on the bar, the bartender asked me a couple times (it was loud there for a Wednesday) if I had a lighter. I replied no, upon which he pulled one out along with a straw. He instructed me to drink the shot through the straw after it was lit. Intense. Christina was right that is a delicious shot. I also had a Hefeweizen while I was there known as Edelweiß. I really wish that I’d grabbed a glass from the bar for that drink instead of the Magners Irish Cider glass I stole (I’ll try that drink later). The Zipfer beer I had was better than American brews, but after the Hefeweizen it didn’t compare at all.
On the way back from the bar I ventured to the “Sausage Queen” a late night van that sells various meals of the sausage variety. Of course I didn’t know what the cheese-filled sausage, that everyone had raved about before, was called so I assumed that every sausage was there. I got a frankfurter which was two links served with a Kaiser roll…no cheese inside… I have resolved tonight to get one with some others who are heading down for karaoke night. I really need to get a European brat, it’s the thing I’ve been fixated on for awhile now. I even dreamed I had the damn thing after getting back from the bar.
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