My Europe Trip- Hallstatt

After navigating the Austrian railroad systems, we arrived in the tiny alpine town of Hallstatt. In making our Europe bucket list, one of the things we both wanted was to hike in the Alps. I added a stroll through a quintessential alpine village, and Hallstatt gave us both.

Hallstatt is this tiny little town, which happens to be one of, if not the, oldest continually inhabited locations in human history. The reason for this is a rich salt mine in the mountain above the village. They have found remains from thousand of years ago there. Since these stone age folk, the place has been used by Rome, various small kingdoms, and the Hapsbergs. They still mine the salt (which comes out pink) today, and Laura and picked up a few bottles.

Anyway, here's the town:

And here's a few pics from our stroll through the Alps:

After a few days, several bottles of great Riesling, and witnessing a genuine May Pole, we caught a bus through the Julian Alps and straight to Venice...