Salzburg, Austria and Sound of Music

Salzburg, Austria and the Sound of Music tour. After traveling back through the Alps, and past at least 50 castles set high on hills, our last major city was Salzburg. Salzburg is where Mozart was born and where Sound of Music was filmed. I am sure other stuff happened, but those are the only two things that we had time for. I visited Salzburg that night just for a peek of the city and a few of the sights. We only had time the next day for the sound of music tour. It was a very interesting city and beautiful sights and an interesting history and love of arts and music. We all went on the Sound of Music tour. Though for some reason the Paul and boys sat on the back of the bus while Jeanie, Mimi and I sat near the front…hmmm, could it be the singing portion of the tour was more fun for some of us? We got to stop at a lot of the areas where the musical was filmed and enjoyed the company of other musical lovers from around the world. Of course, Jeanie and I may have had too much fun with the singing and commentary…but we did have a request for an encore by the Australian couple who were sitting in front of us. Salzburg was a quick trip, but will leave lasting memories.

Fountain in the town square (these were all taken at  night, hence the dramatic black and white)

Mozart's statue, his childhood home was nearby

one of the houses filmed for Sound of Music along with the lake they fell into

I am sixteen going on seventeen....now you are humming the tune huh...

where Maria skipped down the lane on her way to the Von Trapps

gardens the real Maria enjoyed

Church where the movie wedding took place

inside the church

I loved these detailed windows

uh, bones in the church...creepy

really Austria, really....