Halstatt was a great place
- Mike
- 2025年10月28日
- 読了時間: 3分
更新日：2月18日
[October 28th]
To get to Halstatt, a famous tourist destination even when I was in Japan, I took a train and a bus from Saltzburg Station.
I only had a few minutes to transfer from the train to the bus at the transfer station, and the train was delayed by a few minutes, so I was anxiously on the train, worried about whether I would be able to make the transfer safely.
The train made up a few minutes of its delay and reduced it to just one minute, but I still only had a few minutes to transfer, so I quickly ran down the platform to the bus stop and just managed to catch the bus that had just arrived.
(The transfer station is where the line turns right from the straight section in the diagram on the right.)
When we got off the train, a Japanese couple who were taking a similar route were also running.
This Japanese couple had been traveling in Europe for two months. They were experienced travelers.
Tourist buses go directly, but since it was a local bus, I had to change buses twice to get to my destination.
Moreover, the first bus transfer (the bus transfer is halfway between the previous transfer station and Halstatt) was not at the stop where I got off, but at a bus stop about 100 meters away, and if I hadn't spoken to a kind resident, I would not have been able to transfer to the connecting bus.
I wondered why they didn't use the same stop.
At the bus stop for the second transfer, many tourists (mostly Chinese?) heading to Halstatt were waiting.
When I arrived at this bus stop, I made a mistake. When I booked the bus last night, I thought Halstatt-Gosaumühle was the final stop in Halstatt, and I only bought a ticket up to that point. To be precise, it was the last bus stop in Halstatt, called Hallstatt Lahn.
In the end, I paid the additional fare and arrived at Hallstatt Lahn.
This is also a port for sightseeing boats, and many tourists arrive by bus from the north and south, so there were a lot of people there.
There is no train station in the town of Halstatt (to be precise, Halstatt Station is on the opposite side of the lake), so the only way to get here is to take the bus or the train to Halstatt Station on the opposite side of the lake, then take a ferry to the port near the church.
Originally, I had planned to take a ferry to take pictures of the scenery from the opposite bank, but in my prior research, it didn't look like the ferry was operating. However, when I got there, all the boats, including tourist boats, were operating as usual (sobs).
On the way back, we set off with the plan to change to a bus and train from Hallstatt Lahn.
I should have just gotten on at the second bus transfer stop on the way there, Halstatt-Gosaumühle, but when I checked with the bus driver, he told me that this was the wrong bus, so I got off.
It was a misunderstanding because we were unable to communicate with each other in English.
I took the next bus and changed to a train at Bad Ischl station and arrived at Salzburg station.
Today (27th), I forgot to bring my camera. I used my smartphone and video camera instead, but unfortunately I couldn't take any telephoto shots with the camera I left at YouthHostel.
But luckily I was able to take a video.
Hallstatt is certainly a beautiful town, as you can see from the video above. There were a lot of Asian tourists there.
There was also a ferry service running, so if I had known about it, it would have been easier and cheaper to take photos of the view of Halstatt from the lake.
summary
If you don't study English more and become able to speak it, misunderstandings will likely arise.
You will not be able to watch video streaming services such as Netflix and NHK One. You may also not be able to access apps and online services such as Yahoo!.
I find the selection of products at Japanese 100 yen shops and supermarkets, especially the miscellaneous goods, to be amazing.
I edited the video I shot this time, put it in half, and added music, and I think it's the best one I've ever done.
There's a lot to learn every day.