We awoke to another beautiful day but summer is ending here and the fall is coming tomorrow, says CNN. A big rain and wind storm is to hit us tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, we will be driving to Ljubljana tomorrow then on to Montepulciano the following day – about 500 miles total. Oh well.

Today we walked to Salzburg Castle and took the funicular up to the top. The day was beautiful and hot, the views were magnificent. It was a day for taking pictures. We spent the entire morning there seeing everything. We had our morning coffee on the ramparts of the castle looking out to the opposite side of the mountain from Salzburg. That made the $3 cappuccinos a bargain. Down in the city for a late lunch I had a beer and Ann had a Sacher Torte. We were both happy. After a cruise on the Salz River we stumbled back to our Hotel Mozart after 4 pm dead tired from the heat and humidity and fun.

I went to the store to get wine for me, Coke Light for her and chips for us. [You can take the boy out of America but you can’t take America out of the boy] I bought chili flavored corn chips. Now here is a lesson on European chili flavored corn chips. It is better to bring the Tostitos from home. But in a crunch, a chip is, in reality, a chip and good.

My cold is now descending upon me in earnest. My throat is sore and I am beginning to cough. This is much like the Plague in the Middle Ages (I won’t die, though). I was waiting to “get it”. I “got it”. In two days we will be in our apartment for four weeks and can take a vacation from our vacation from retirement.

For dinner Ann found one of the oldest continuously serving restaurants in Europe. It was originally a dining hall for the monks of the St. Peter’s Church and served travelers. The first meal was placed in front of a customer in 803.

Lesson for Day 10: Old Restaurants make GREAT food.