Breakfast in Austria

I did remember to take photos of the breakfast offerings this morning. Unlike the French, the German-speaking countries tend to have a hearty breakfast. My hotel lays out a particularly tempting table so let me take you on a tour. First of all, the tea area with a samovar of hot water and various teas and implements:

This and the rest, click to enlarge

More teas and a selection of jams:

The coffee machine that does regular coffee and hot chocolate as well as expresso and cappuccino:

The dry cereal area:

The fruit, yoghurt and, I think, cheesecake area (though there is another platter of fruit I forgot to photograph):

The first part of the bread and croissant area:

The second part of the bread area. In the top left are the ubiquitous rolls that are the most common breakfast food--topped with cold cuts and cheese:

The third part of the bread area with the heavier types of bread:

Cheeses:

Cold cuts of meat:

Salad items:

Smoked salmon:

And, finally, fruit juices (apple, orange, grapefruit, papaya and water):

Even though this is quite a modest hotel, this is, in my experience, an excellent breakfast buffet.

UPDATE: Forgot to mention that they also have newspapers and magazines in the breakfast room. The Salzburger Nachrichten has a weekend edition and there is an eight-page section entirely devoted to the festival. This one had articles on several of the operas and a complete schedule of concerts.

UPPERDATE: Also forgot to mention that there is a container with soft-boiled eggs (though not so soft after a while!) and you can have fried or scrambled eggs or an omelet that they make for you on demand.