1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:15,373 Speaker 2: A'd be make Yardley's our travel corresponding. He's here this morning. 4 00:00:15,413 --> 00:00:19,173 Speaker 1: Hey Mike, good morning Jack. All lies on some Peter's 5 00:00:19,173 --> 00:00:22,933 Speaker 1: Square tonight. How do you think Rome's hotels are well? 6 00:00:23,053 --> 00:00:25,493 Speaker 2: Interesting? You asked that because as soon as you know, 7 00:00:25,573 --> 00:00:27,573 Speaker 2: the news came through, I was on I was on 8 00:00:27,613 --> 00:00:29,293 Speaker 2: breakfast this week, so I was getting up and doing 9 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:31,853 Speaker 2: the early morning shifts, and the news came through what 10 00:00:31,973 --> 00:00:35,813 Speaker 2: like eight thirty or so on Monday night, and I thought, oh, 11 00:00:35,933 --> 00:00:38,893 Speaker 2: it'll be interesting to see if our correspondent can hot 12 00:00:38,893 --> 00:00:42,413 Speaker 2: tail it from London to Rome by the time we're 13 00:00:42,413 --> 00:00:44,173 Speaker 2: on ere tomorrow morning, and whether or not they'll be 14 00:00:44,173 --> 00:00:46,333 Speaker 2: able to get her a get her a hotel enemy 15 00:00:46,373 --> 00:00:47,853 Speaker 2: And she was there fine, made it with penny of 16 00:00:47,933 --> 00:00:50,853 Speaker 2: time and got a hotel. But yes, I suspect there 17 00:00:50,893 --> 00:00:53,213 Speaker 2: might have been a little bit of surge pricing, just 18 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,893 Speaker 2: a just a hunt, just a little hunch. Yeah, and 19 00:00:55,973 --> 00:00:58,213 Speaker 2: my mind, me and that Christopher Luxen's and like a 20 00:00:58,293 --> 00:01:01,293 Speaker 2: you know, the standard the standards his hotel, he's probably 21 00:01:01,293 --> 00:01:02,893 Speaker 2: in like a three and a half star or something, 22 00:01:02,973 --> 00:01:03,253 Speaker 2: you know. 23 00:01:04,693 --> 00:01:07,333 Speaker 1: Well, I'd say he's down via the where all the 24 00:01:07,413 --> 00:01:11,133 Speaker 1: luxury hotels up. But interestingly, according to booking dot Com, 25 00:01:11,133 --> 00:01:14,133 Speaker 1: at the moment, Rome is ninety five percent full of 26 00:01:14,173 --> 00:01:17,093 Speaker 1: the amazing thing is And I've always found this incredible 27 00:01:17,133 --> 00:01:21,533 Speaker 1: about Rome. They have ninety eight thousand hotel rooms in 28 00:01:21,573 --> 00:01:22,013 Speaker 1: that city. 29 00:01:22,173 --> 00:01:23,733 Speaker 2: Ah, that's crazy. 30 00:01:23,813 --> 00:01:26,813 Speaker 1: I think it isn't it. I don't think anything could 31 00:01:26,813 --> 00:01:29,893 Speaker 1: sell it out because yeah, the inventory is just so massive. 32 00:01:30,053 --> 00:01:33,933 Speaker 2: Yeah wow, that's incredible. Okay, yeah, it'll be amazing to 33 00:01:33,973 --> 00:01:36,733 Speaker 2: watch that funeral tonight just after eight o'clock New Zealand, 34 00:01:37,013 --> 00:01:39,733 Speaker 2: of course, but we're turning our attention this morning to 35 00:01:40,093 --> 00:01:44,613 Speaker 2: a location just down the road relatively speaking, and Salzburg. So, 36 00:01:44,813 --> 00:01:47,613 Speaker 2: Salsburg sort of feels kind of like it was kind 37 00:01:47,613 --> 00:01:48,453 Speaker 2: of made for tourism. 38 00:01:48,533 --> 00:01:55,293 Speaker 1: Ah, totally. It's it's as if tourism's planets were just 39 00:01:55,453 --> 00:02:00,333 Speaker 1: perfectly aligned over Saltzburg, because you've got that perfectly preserved 40 00:02:00,533 --> 00:02:04,413 Speaker 1: old town, You've got amazing gardens, Baroque churches, one of 41 00:02:04,413 --> 00:02:10,013 Speaker 1: Europe's largest intact medieval fortresses, all cradled in Alpine grandeur, 42 00:02:10,093 --> 00:02:13,733 Speaker 1: and then overlay that jack with its music Meca status. 43 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:18,013 Speaker 1: Wolfgang Amadas, Mozart and of course the Von Traps, so 44 00:02:18,213 --> 00:02:19,853 Speaker 1: it really has all the elements. 45 00:02:19,853 --> 00:02:22,013 Speaker 2: So where would you go to get a good sense 46 00:02:22,013 --> 00:02:22,973 Speaker 2: of Mozart's life. 47 00:02:24,213 --> 00:02:27,053 Speaker 1: Well, I think the main shopping street is we should 48 00:02:27,053 --> 00:02:30,213 Speaker 1: head first because that's where you will find Mozart's family home. 49 00:02:30,373 --> 00:02:33,893 Speaker 1: He's got this fabulous pestle painted townhouse and that's where 50 00:02:33,893 --> 00:02:36,613 Speaker 1: he lived for most of his life, twenty five of 51 00:02:36,653 --> 00:02:39,493 Speaker 1: his thirty five years. He died of kidney disease at yeah, 52 00:02:39,573 --> 00:02:43,453 Speaker 1: a ridiculously young age. But inside that townhouse there are 53 00:02:43,453 --> 00:02:47,933 Speaker 1: so many amazing artifacts, like you can see his childhood viola, 54 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:51,733 Speaker 1: the square piano he played on the claver chord on 55 00:02:51,813 --> 00:02:56,013 Speaker 1: which he composed his final work, Requiem, which was played 56 00:02:56,013 --> 00:03:00,773 Speaker 1: for his own funeral. There is this stunning cafe about 57 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:03,373 Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty years old, called Cafe Tomasselli. He 58 00:03:03,453 --> 00:03:05,493 Speaker 1: was a regular bier Jack and man, he was ahead 59 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:09,053 Speaker 1: of the curve. It was very partial to Almond Milk. 60 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:14,653 Speaker 1: Oh wow, so way ahead of the trend. Yes, And 61 00:03:14,733 --> 00:03:18,013 Speaker 1: of course in a city swollen with his music, there 62 00:03:18,053 --> 00:03:21,413 Speaker 1: are just so many concert halls every night that just 63 00:03:21,973 --> 00:03:26,333 Speaker 1: before Mozart's music. Best of all, though, Jack Mozart kogle. 64 00:03:26,613 --> 00:03:31,493 Speaker 1: These are well sort of Mozart immortalized in chocolate. They're 65 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:36,453 Speaker 1: a mash up of chocolate, pistachio and Masipan Mozart balls. 66 00:03:36,653 --> 00:03:39,053 Speaker 1: Definitely get your fill of his balls. 67 00:03:39,493 --> 00:03:43,333 Speaker 2: Wow, yes, yes, so to speak. What about the sound 68 00:03:43,333 --> 00:03:44,093 Speaker 2: of music. 69 00:03:45,373 --> 00:03:49,293 Speaker 1: Well, this is the amazing thing about Saltzburg. Despite the 70 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:54,533 Speaker 1: movie's oscars acclaim, it is still really unfamiliar to a 71 00:03:54,573 --> 00:03:57,933 Speaker 1: lot of Europeans. And the reason for that was when 72 00:03:57,973 --> 00:04:01,613 Speaker 1: it was released, much of Central and Eastern Europe didn't 73 00:04:01,693 --> 00:04:06,333 Speaker 1: screen it because its Nazi themes were deemed two raw 74 00:04:07,373 --> 00:04:10,373 Speaker 1: too soon for movie audiences. So a lot of locals 75 00:04:10,413 --> 00:04:13,373 Speaker 1: in Salzburg, yes, they will see the souvenirs, but they'll 76 00:04:13,413 --> 00:04:17,493 Speaker 1: have no affinity or knowledge of the of the movie itself. 77 00:04:17,573 --> 00:04:20,373 Speaker 1: So yeah, many Austrians never heard of it. 78 00:04:20,653 --> 00:04:23,733 Speaker 2: It's what like the sixtieth anniversary of that film, Mate. 79 00:04:24,373 --> 00:04:27,653 Speaker 1: It is incredible and it's estimated that even though the 80 00:04:27,693 --> 00:04:30,893 Speaker 1: locals aren't really up the play with the sound of music, 81 00:04:31,253 --> 00:04:34,893 Speaker 1: forty percent of visitors to Saltzburg are lured there by 82 00:04:34,933 --> 00:04:38,253 Speaker 1: the movie ringing in its ears. So it is very 83 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:40,973 Speaker 1: much you know, the Lord of the Rings Austrian style, 84 00:04:42,213 --> 00:04:47,453 Speaker 1: And there are just so many incredible movie locations where 85 00:04:47,493 --> 00:04:49,933 Speaker 1: you feel like you've just walked into the movie, particularly 86 00:04:49,973 --> 00:04:52,413 Speaker 1: places like Mirabelle Gardens, you know where they did the 87 00:04:52,413 --> 00:04:57,013 Speaker 1: do rey Me piece in the movie. It is just 88 00:04:57,253 --> 00:05:01,613 Speaker 1: as it was back in nineteen sixty five. Non Burg Abbey. 89 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:06,253 Speaker 1: There are still twenty seven Benedictine nuns in that abbey, 90 00:05:06,733 --> 00:05:09,333 Speaker 1: and even though you can't actually see much of the abbey, 91 00:05:09,413 --> 00:05:11,893 Speaker 1: you can go inside the church and if you go 92 00:05:11,973 --> 00:05:13,853 Speaker 1: there at six forty five in the morning, Jack, you 93 00:05:13,893 --> 00:05:18,293 Speaker 1: can actually hear the nuns perform near daily Gregorian chants 94 00:05:18,453 --> 00:05:19,973 Speaker 1: Maria not included. 95 00:05:20,093 --> 00:05:25,693 Speaker 2: I have to say, also countless time. So what about 96 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:28,613 Speaker 2: dining destinations where as good for a taste of Saltzburg. 97 00:05:29,613 --> 00:05:32,853 Speaker 1: Yes, well, aside from binging on mosart balls, it's hard 98 00:05:32,853 --> 00:05:36,133 Speaker 1: to beat stiff to scaleless and pizza. Now, these are 99 00:05:36,173 --> 00:05:39,653 Speaker 1: the sellers of Saint Peter's Abbey and it may well 100 00:05:39,693 --> 00:05:43,053 Speaker 1: be the oldest operating restaurant in Europe. So you've got 101 00:05:43,053 --> 00:05:48,373 Speaker 1: this sort of like cave like cloister setting in this 102 00:05:48,453 --> 00:05:52,133 Speaker 1: restaurant and they have been serving diner's jack since eight 103 00:05:52,373 --> 00:05:59,173 Speaker 1: hundred and three AD. Isn't that craze. They do really 104 00:05:59,253 --> 00:06:03,933 Speaker 1: good schnitzel with parsley potatoes and cranberry confie. Really good 105 00:06:03,973 --> 00:06:07,133 Speaker 1: spinish dumplings, by the way, But we're whever you dine 106 00:06:07,173 --> 00:06:12,253 Speaker 1: in the city. Salzburger knock on is a staple dessert 107 00:06:12,333 --> 00:06:16,693 Speaker 1: that you've got to absolutely stuff yourself with. So this 108 00:06:16,813 --> 00:06:21,813 Speaker 1: is this gigantic sweet soup fle It salutes the three 109 00:06:21,853 --> 00:06:26,653 Speaker 1: peaks that backdrop the city and it's got cranberry confee 110 00:06:26,933 --> 00:06:31,013 Speaker 1: icing sugar topped. It's so big, the soufla I reckon 111 00:06:31,013 --> 00:06:33,533 Speaker 1: you could virtually ski jump off it. It is just amazing. 112 00:06:33,613 --> 00:06:36,413 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh so good. So beyond town, do you have 113 00:06:36,453 --> 00:06:38,533 Speaker 2: any recommended excursions? 114 00:06:39,573 --> 00:06:41,173 Speaker 1: Yes, Well, when I was there a couple of weeks 115 00:06:41,213 --> 00:06:45,413 Speaker 1: ago with Trafalgar, we jaunted to the Bejeweled Lakes district 116 00:06:45,413 --> 00:06:48,973 Speaker 1: of Austria. Absolutely stunning, very much like the Southern Lakes 117 00:06:49,253 --> 00:06:52,093 Speaker 1: of New Zealand's because the glacially fed, so you get 118 00:06:52,133 --> 00:06:55,853 Speaker 1: those very vivid turquoise and milky blue colors. One of 119 00:06:55,853 --> 00:07:00,493 Speaker 1: the best spots is Munsie. It's a church there, gorgeous 120 00:07:00,493 --> 00:07:03,653 Speaker 1: Benedicting church was where the marriage of Maria and the 121 00:07:03,653 --> 00:07:06,253 Speaker 1: Baron was filmed in the sound of music. But every 122 00:07:06,973 --> 00:07:09,613 Speaker 1: I laughed about this. There's a Saudi shake. He jets 123 00:07:09,653 --> 00:07:13,293 Speaker 1: into Monzi every summer to his lake house and he 124 00:07:13,373 --> 00:07:17,853 Speaker 1: brings with him twenty three wives. That would take some wrangling. Jack. 125 00:07:20,653 --> 00:07:24,293 Speaker 1: Just across the border from Salzburg into Germany and the 126 00:07:24,333 --> 00:07:28,373 Speaker 1: Bavarian Alps, we took a ride up Germany's highest mountain road. 127 00:07:28,533 --> 00:07:33,173 Speaker 1: It takes you up two thousand meters from Auba Salzburg. 128 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:36,773 Speaker 2: Oh Man, two thousand Okay, it is pretty high, like 129 00:07:36,813 --> 00:07:37,573 Speaker 2: Mount Hutt. 130 00:07:37,293 --> 00:07:40,133 Speaker 1: Really are Yeah, yes, that like that's. 131 00:07:39,973 --> 00:07:42,533 Speaker 2: Kind of where Hitler's Eagle's Nest is local today. 132 00:07:43,413 --> 00:07:46,853 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is, and that's really the attraction as such. 133 00:07:47,453 --> 00:07:50,613 Speaker 1: It is still standing. Allied bomb is mis hitting it. 134 00:07:50,693 --> 00:07:52,893 Speaker 1: They wanted to knock it out, but they missed it. 135 00:07:53,733 --> 00:07:57,093 Speaker 1: But it was the fiftieth birthday present from Hitler's in 136 00:07:57,133 --> 00:08:04,293 Speaker 1: a circle and it's perched alone amid alpine splendor. It's 137 00:08:04,493 --> 00:08:07,613 Speaker 1: kind of like a Bond villain's leah when you first 138 00:08:07,853 --> 00:08:10,773 Speaker 1: clap eyes on it, this lodge just looming out of 139 00:08:10,813 --> 00:08:13,973 Speaker 1: the mountaintops. So today it's a restaurant and they have 140 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:17,613 Speaker 1: got a memorial war there decrying the abject horrors of 141 00:08:17,653 --> 00:08:21,293 Speaker 1: its previous owner. But the setting itself. Check it seriously 142 00:08:21,413 --> 00:08:22,653 Speaker 1: is pinched yourself stuff. 143 00:08:23,213 --> 00:08:25,373 Speaker 2: Yeah that sounds really interesting. Okay cool. Hey, thank you 144 00:08:25,453 --> 00:08:27,853 Speaker 2: so much, Mike. I will make sure all of Mike's 145 00:08:27,893 --> 00:08:31,493 Speaker 2: advice on soaking up Saltzburg is on the News Talks. 146 00:08:31,533 --> 00:08:34,013 Speaker 2: He'd be website Newstalks. He'd beat dot Code, Owlings, ed Ford, 147 00:08:34,053 --> 00:08:36,973 Speaker 2: slash Lifestyle. You'll be able to find his article right 148 00:08:37,013 --> 00:08:38,653 Speaker 2: there for more. 149 00:08:38,533 --> 00:08:41,613 Speaker 1: From Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to News 150 00:08:41,653 --> 00:08:44,573 Speaker 1: Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or follow the 151 00:08:44,573 --> 00:08:46,053 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio