Salzburg City

We did a scavenger hunt around Salzburg to try and get to know it better. Let’s just say my team got more than a little lost! We went two hours in the wrong direction trying to find the train station only to find out that it was only few blocks from where we lived! When we finally got our bearing and tried to finish the scavenger hunt, we went down in to the Altstadt—the famous down town of the city. Here we found a little kid, about 2 years old roaming the street saying “mama.” Well seeing as we didn’t see any parental figure around, this didn’t seem right so a few of tried to ask the kid where is mother was. We tried in English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese—he didn’t respond to any. Some Italian girls even tried to help Issa ask him in Italian and that didn’t work either. Finally, I saw a guy running down the street looking frantic—it was his father. The mom soon followed hugging the child and crying. It was one of the most moving things I’ve seen—her sadness for losing him and pure happiness in finding him illuminating her expression. By far the best and scariest part of my day. Oh and it turned out the kid spoke Arabic!

 The cobblestone streets of the Altstadt.

 One of the view from the river that runs though Salzburg.

My group for the scavenger hunt with the city and the castle behind us. The castle (Hohensalzburg) is on the hill.