being out in nature a lot more being  out by the mountains hiking hiking  

when you climb a mountain i'm pretty sure  that entitles you to a half a liter of beer

could i be any happier about  this i don't know could i

ready going

well we somehow managed to finish it all  huh we did manage to eat every last bite  

all right good morning good morning guys greetings  from salzburg once again yeah so the funny story  

today is we missed our bus by one minute we took  a bus from our house the number one into town what  

was the exact stop we got off at so we got off  at mirabelle platz and we're supposed to catch  

a second bus to go hiking but yeah we just missed  it there's another coming in like 40 minutes so  

no big deal um so we're just hanging out in the  mirabella gardens i mean there are worse places  

it's beautiful here and it's so sunny again today  again our streak of amazing weather has continued  

continue i don't know how we continue to get so  lucky but i think we are but today yeah today  

is all about hiking in austria isn't it it sure  is so there's a destination that's just a short  

drive from salzburg when's picking up it is called  geisberg and yeah we're just basically going to  

be taking a bus up the mountain getting off at  one of the hiking points and there are multiple  

trails to choose from varying in length and levels  of difficulty and yeah we just want to spend the  

day in the mountains and then eat some hearty  Australian alpine food that's the plan so the whole point  

of the exercise is to build up the appetite we are  foodies after all so hope you'll come join us yeah

we made it we made it to our stop okay so we rode  bus number 151 from the city center from mirabelle  

platz and we used our handy little tickets here  these are the bus passes we purchased for the  

length of our stay in salzburg and they're called  the region salzburg state those have come in so  

handy so handy it's basically transportation  anywhere in the city and this is considered  

the city region so bus s bond is there a u-bond  here i don't know i don't know we haven't taken  

those yet but lots of buses we've done buses  and trams yeah it's been super convenient  

and we rode to the stop called zistel alm  and we're just going to be hiking up yep  

up up towards food yes and what a drive up  wow beautiful serpentine road we're sharing  

it with cyclists we got some amazing views of  the city down below and also some of the nice  

alpine architecture yes on the way up gosh that  was nice i could have just stayed on the bus  

it was so fun i'm also glad to be off  here yeah yeah we are going to earn our  

Austrian food for lunch today and i'll mention also if you  don't feel like hiking or you can't hike  

um the bus goes all the way to the top to the  viewpoint so you could take public transportation  

yes enjoy the views hang out eat at a restaurant  and then take the bus down yeah or the other  

alternative would be just to hike down if you  don't enjoy going up if you enjoy going down  

more so yeah that's also an alternative but we  are going up for sure a day in the mountains yeah

well we just started just started the trail  and i want to mention how delicious it smells  

because like the road we were just on is lined  with restaurants guest houses hotels and it is  

approaching lunch time they are clearly already  cooking up some schnitzel just smells so good that  

you almost want to take a detour and eat i almost  it's tempting to not even do the hike i know

hi

saying 30 minutes now

hello hey guys so i'd say we are more than halfway  oh yeah up the mountain probably three quarters of  

the way there was a really cool there was a fork  in the road in the path the first part was kind of  

steep and then we decided to go to the right and  that ended up being the best decision it was a bit  

of a easier incline and also i think a little bit  more scenic too less like kind of directly cutting  

through the woods yeah i would say the the first  trail we were on was kind of like the goats path  

like if you want to just march on up there super  steep there were a few people going up with like  

all those people like really hardcore no double  pulls head to toe hiking gear yeah but this one  

this trail is nice because it kind of zigzags  up the mountain so it's not as steep it's like a  

lesser incline so it's been quite enjoyable and  yeah we thought we'd stop have a little snack i  

brought some apples some mandarins it's so nice  to be having mandarins this time of year they're  

usually not available in canada until later in  the later in the fall right another thing we  

wanted to talk about is just how we're realizing  like change in our lives our travel preferences  

have really changed in the last five years three  to five years we used to be all about the biggest  

cities in the world put us in seoul tokyo hong  kong istanbul london new york city wherever  

we were thrilled to be in the big cities and now  we're finding we enjoy being out in nature a lot  

more being out by the mountains hiking hiking  maybe less busy cities like salzburg has been  

a nice medium-sized city to be based for a  while yeah but like my personal preference  

now being in my 30s is definitely like more rural  towns and just places closer to nature smaller  

populations and we're both from small small  rural area so this is kind of what we grew up him  

um i think we were excited by the massive cities  because it was a big change big change and i mean  

it's just a way to to really experience different  places is going to the biggest city but now lately  

we've been enjoying more of these types of trips  and you may have noticed that in the types of  

travels we're doing over the last few years we've  been doing more stuff in patagonia more road trips  

in canada i'm really enjoying it yeah so we hope  you've been enjoying this hike we certainly have  

it's just so peaceful like there's no one else  on this trail have you noticed we haven't seen  

another hiker in a very long time so we ventured  off to this section yeah everyone's doing the  

hardcore straight up so just gonna enjoy our food  and we'll see you up at the top for lunchtime  

made it to the top cheers i was just gonna  say when you climb a mountain i'm pretty  

sure that entitles you to a half a liter of  beer at least that's what the rules we live by  

can't wait to try this this is the local draft oh  

it's so exciting ice cold beer at the  top of the mountain we've earned it

you know what that's never beers never tasted  so good and i'm not saying this is the best  

beer i've ever had in my life but this is a  moment where the beer just tastes fantastic  

and this is so good and it's just so nice to have  gone for a hike again today and had this weather  

we've got some amazing food  coming so just wait for that  

guys lunch is here could i be any happier  about this i don't know could i i like  

like i had the biggest smile on my face of  all time i'm so hungry and look at what we got  

looks amazing so we got the snacking board which  comes with various meats um some hot peppers  

mountain cheese grapes actually a whole bunch of  different cheeses walnuts berries eggs basically  

everything you'd ever need plus bread a basket of  bread and then for the maine we went for a classic  

that you just can't make we've already been  digging in look there's a there's a there's a  

missing section yeah that is two corners the keys  of spatzler the noodles with the melted cheese  

and oh my gosh try it all for them there's  also a salad yeah there is it's a little  

neglected at the moment noodles are fantastic  yeah you cannot go wrong with those ever  

ever and well this bread i guess i should begin  here let's grab some bread yeah break it in  

half customize it maybe why don't we grab this  cheese right here yep spread some of that on it  

let's grab one of these prosciutto  huh make a little sandwich

wonderful wonderful yeah everything's so  good we're going to eat it all too i'm  

in my happy place right now there's no way  nothing gets left behind oh variety i know

so good so good all right so i've been  tasked with trying different things in you  

yeah so try a little bit of this herb cream  cheese you had like a spreadable one there  

oh that's nice and thick look at that all right  

what should i pair it with what should  how about some berries or olives or grapes  

get a bit of berries on there those little  red berries a walnut a walnut and an olive  

there you go right on the sandwich that's it it  just puts it on an eclectic mix huh let me get  

it all so i can have it in one bite one bite one  biter gives it one bite ready to go in ready going

how's that it's actually  pretty good that's a really  

eclectic assortment of flavors colors  ingredients and textures in the mouth  

i don't think that would be an award-winning  sandwich but i enjoyed that oh we somehow managed  

to finish it all huh we did manage to eat every  last bite that was amazing i'm so full so good  

it's amazing i feel like i'm saying this a lot  but again one of my favorite meals here and the  

setting is just amazing just outside of salzburg  go up the mountain and voila that's what you have  

here so it was 35 euros total for two beers half  a liter each the snacking board and the large  

portion of the case of spatzler and yeah amazing  we're leaving we stuffed or satisfied i feel like  

i'm satisfied i feel like i'm stuffed i probably  helped finish the last bit that maybe i could have  

left yeah so our buses and go for another hour so  we're gonna walk around and we'll see you in a bit

alrighty guys time to wrap it up yeah  that concludes our day of hiking it  

couldn't have gone any better yes fantastic  hiking challenging enough but not too long  

enough to work up an appetite and to be fed one of  the best meals of the entire trip yes also these  

last two days the day trip we did plus this were  two of my favorite days on the whole trip too i  

feel like we've got bonus time summer weather  yeah like 20 degrees in october that's insane  

but we'll we'll take it this is so nice so nice  what'd you think yeah so we super enjoyed it  

if you're looking for an easy little day  trip from salzburg like this is so close  

by you can get here on the local bus amazing  views all around and yeah now we're gonna go  

catch our bus so yep fairly well and we'll see  you in the next video thanks for watching guys  

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