The Hills Are Alive....

Next city was Salzburg, Austria. That was a lovely transport. The train was the best. We rode 2nd class all the way, but this one felt like 1st class! :-) It was like a train. There was the video screen that showed where we were going, when we'd arrive; there was a car for the food and bar area, and there was an information desk on the train. It was nice.

We grabbed another taxi to take us to our hotel. Then we wandered around and did a little window shopping before going to a cool Mozart dinner and show. The music was beautiful and the food was great! We had soup served to us, then we had wonderful chicken and veggies, and lastly had frozen parfait. Between each course the period dressed musicians performed. It was an enjoyable night. We got to dress up a little, from what little we could bring along, but it was cool.

The next day we were picked up for the Sound of Music tour. It was really cool. It's an english speaking tour. We had Trudy as our tour guide, a cute older British woman who would sing along with Julie Andrews as the CD played. And she had the dry British humour that I found funny. I'd be the only person in that van laughing! Ha!

So we first went to the lake where the kids and Maria fall out of the boat. It was cool hearing about the stories and different takes that happened.

Next we went to the gazebo where they sang "16 going on 17". They filmed the gazebo from the outside but when it was time to film inside they had to do it in studio in order to fit the actors and the crew inside. And these days they wont allow the public inside the gazebo cuz a couple of years ago an 84 year old woman decided to go jumping and dancing inside and slipped and broke her hip, then tried to sue them for her stupidity. But since they dont do the suing thing in Austria then she didnt get anywhere.

I also saw the road where Maria went skipping down.

We stopped by the actual church where the real Maria was a nun. It's the picture with the red roof.

Next we went to the church where Maria in the movie got married.

We also found the garden when Maria and the kids sing Do-Re-Mi as they go skipping up the stairs and around the garden.

Along the way we passed by the Red Bull headquarters, which was funny. It's a glass building built on the lake. We also got the traditional apple strudel with vanilla sauce. I had that a few times. It's THE food to have if you're in Austria. I enjoyed it.

So that was a nice town. The trip went down a little after that for me, but Salzburg was fun and would have enjoyed hanging out a little longer.