By Summer You ‘26
Rise and shine… or not? It is a cloudy, slightly chilly day, but Glorus was excited to be in Salzburg regardless. We arrived at Mozart’s Birthplace Museum around 11AM, and took a tour through the quaint yellow townhouse where the renowned composer was born. There were some cool historical artifacts, such as old official documents, music scores, portraits, and such, but also bizarre things, such as strands of hair that allegedly belong to Mr. Wolfgang (creepy much?) and some funny Lego statues of him, which of course I took a picture with.
After touring a second Museum dedicated to Mozart, my friends and I decided to stop for a quick lunch at a restaurant across the street. The salads and rice bowls we chomped down were delectable, but we all raised our eyebrows at a strangely carbonated and unsweetened citrus drink that Pranati got (what is the European obsession with carbonated water?).
After lunch, we headed out and walked around the beautiful roads of Salzburg. Chloe, Emma, Jay, and I took our time browsing through cute shops and appreciating the scenery of the water.
We didn’t have a lot of time left, so we attempted to find our way to the Fortress Hohensalzburg, but of course, our lack of research deterred our path, and we only realized that you’re supposed to take the FestungsBahn, or a cable car, to get to the fortress when we were already stuck in a 7th floor dark obscure parking garage trying to understand Google Maps. But no worries! We climbed up a large set of stairs and were still able to obtain a stunning view of the city and historic buildings.
Pranati texted me about an amazing thrift shop nearby, so of course we headed straight for that. The shop had so many amazing, cute clothes for decent prices, and I was too excited to try on all the old grandma chic aesthetic clothes (that’s what my friends have named my fashion style) to remember to take any pictures. But in the end, I got 3 cute button-up shirts and a jacket for only 30 euros! What a steal.
We rush back to the hotel to get changed into our concert attire and head to the Salzburg Cathedral with the rest of Glorus. The Cathedral was stunning–the biggest and most ornate venue of this tour so far–and I was super excited to hear our harmonies in this space. They even put up posters of us outside as advertisements! The concert went well, and it had a great turnout.
We were all famished after the concert, so we decided to head to a nearby Italian restaurant, which served up big platters of pasta and even bigger pizzas for a cheap price. We chatted with the friendly waiter from Greece and went home with our stomachs and hearts full. And that’s a wrap for Salzburg!
