near Hallstadt

We then took busses, several different busses, to get to Hallstadt, just to arrive to the town and LeeAnn mentions to the buss driver that we needed the next town over, so heading to that town was a bit of a mistake, but the bus driver was kind enough to call us a taxi, since there was no other bus to get there. I covered the taxi (see what I'm saying? Might as well have taken a bus tour with all the extra expensives I encountered). We arrived at 6pm, pitch dark, may as well have been 1am. We arrived to our lake front hotel, but since there were no restaurants or any other businesses other than the train station down the road, there wasnt much to do. LeeAnn and I had both smartly picked up a pastry before we left Salzburg, and that ended up being our dinner. Yum yum! We spent about 15 or 30 mins walking around the town in the dark. I had my pretty pink umbrella that has a light on the bottom to lead us around. It was a little creepy but at the same time we felt safe. There was no one around and the area was so small. It wasnt exactly tourist season. I think we may have been the only ones in our hotel. Basically, we arrived, watched German speaking English shows on tv, went to bed, woke up, had a little breakfast, then caught the train to Vienna. In most of the hotels we were able to watch CNN International or BBC. But here was nothing but German on tv. So I watched the Simpsons in German, Family Guy, Scrubs, Desperate Housewives, even watched Damon Wayans show 'My Wife and Kids' but it was renamed 'What's Up Dad?'. Interesting, huh?