Day 6

Zell am See
Woke up to the most amazing blue bird day.  Today was all about the walking. I did go out and buy myself a hat ad it was forecast to be 32 degrees
I  managed to get myself on a bus up to the cable car
The schittenhohe cable car takes about 5 mins to get you up to 2000 mtrs.  The views were breathtaking

Blue skies and mountains

 I have only ever skied on the Alps before and it did feel weird getting g off the cable car and then not just ski-ing down.  I was 17 when I last skied here!! I'm pretty certain we would've skied down here ...

 The walks were fabulous but once you got to your destination it looked a long way back (see that building in the distance!)

The paragliders were everywhere you looked. Rather them than me!

And all that walking meant a well deserved rest

Whilst I was sitting here I started talking to a german lady: me with fragmented german, her with fragmented english: it's one of the nice things about travelling solo: talking to people you probably wouldn't normally. She asked if I liked travelling alone. I  think if you are careful with where you go and what you do then travelling solo is fine. The alternative of course, is to stay at home and not travel at all! Of course it would be fantastic to have someone to share all this with, but better to travel alone than not at all!

Day 5

Salzburg to Zell am See

Woke up to another gorgeous day. Salzburg is a bustling city so at 8am its busy.  Off to Starbucks for the obligatory 'nearly' cup of tea

A dash up to C&A (remember them). I packed light, but maybe too light in the bra depth so needed a couple more. If youre planning a trip like this,  in the heat,  take a spare white and a spare black, so if one is wet from washing you can still where the same colour!

Salzburg hbf is lovely and clean with lots of information and I found my train which was waiting on the platform 

The scenery... It was only a 2 hour trip, but beautiful

 Blue skies and green rivers

 Green surroundings

I've skied in Zell before but not been here in the summer. The hotel was easy to find (once again thank goodness for Google maps) but the hotel was overbooked, so I was taken next door.  All of my hotels have been booked via expedia and very much on customer reviews. When you're on your own you need to feel safe. Thus hotel is next door so I'm sure will be fine
Zell has a lovely promenade along the lake with amazing views

Snow still on the top of the alps 

 The water so green

There is an outdoor pool by the side of the lake and you can swim in the lake from there too. I went and got my costume and took a dip in the pool- definitely not heated in any way. After that I figured the lake couldn't be much colder so I braved it....not for long, maybe a minute. But I do go back a 2nd time.  

The street cafes and restaurants were all busy with Austrian football fans but I found somewhere to eat and read my kindle.  In the evening I wanders through the town.  There were lots of people milling around so I felt safe and I didn't stay out late anyway

Evening shadows on theAlps

Day 4

Salzburg

Day 3

Munich to Salzburg

Day 2

Cologne to Munich

Day 1

London to Brussels to cologne

Preparation

Planning a aEuro