Nothing is better than waking up with a fresh Linz pastry! Tae and I got up extra early today and walked to the would famous Linz bakery. The lady spoke no English and only said, "Silly Americans." Lets say the food smelled much better than her attitude.
The pastry was amazing! It was chocolatey, doughy and perfect! It was nice to eat something that was not made of complete sugar. The pastry was fresh baked and I am almost sure had real coco in it. The chocolate filling was incredible.
After breakfast we went on a walking tour of Linz. I had a blast on the tour because I felt like we got to not only see the history but learn about what we were seeing.
On the tour we started in a room with a giant map of Linz on the floor. Our guide, Daisy, talked all about the layout of the city and how it was centered around the river Danube and the steel factories. The city really started to bloom after the installation of major train stations and trade paths. Salt would come from the Alps and was a huge commodity in the city. We also learned that Linz is the third largest city in Austria and was originally called Linzia.
The best part of the tour was seeing the church called "The New Cathedral". This church could hold 20,000 people and was incredibly huge! It had stained glass windows all around which incorporated all different kinds of art. It had traditional stained glass, patterned stained glass, all the way too stained glass that visualized sound waves. I love stained glass and the way it reflects light all over the room.
This was extremely cool to learn about and see. Since I am a visual learner, seeing what I am learning is the best way for me to absorb information.
After the tour we left and went to the Mauthaus Concentration Camp. That was truly an amazing experience! I expected it to be much bigger with more buildings standing.
After learning more about it, I realized that this was a small outer satellite camp. Although it was small it was considered a class 3 death camp. This camp was one of the most brutal camps around. I am beyond happy I went to see the camp. I feel it is something that is deeply routed in my heritage and it was a place I needed to see at least one time in my life. This was another thing I got to check off of my bucket list.
Lastly in the day, Lindsey and I decided to get Mexican food and boy was is good! The enchiladas were delicious!
On the walk back, we sang the most random songs and danced along too. Everyone sitting in the outside cafes was looking at us like we were Americans... But we are, so that's okay. Crazy Americans out having fun!
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