11:00 PM August 9, 2011
Going on The Sound of Music tour was a dream come true. I've always wanted to go see Salzburg ever since I can remember (since the first time I saw the movie).
We didn't get to see the front and back of the house (they're both private property) but we did see the front of the house from far away through the tree-line way from where Maria sang "I Have Confidence" and the Von Trapp children were hanging from trees.
We got to see the lake behind the house where the children and Maria fell out of the boat.
We went to the little town of Mondsee to St Michael's Church where the filmed the wedding scene.
AMAZING apple strudel! With warm vanilla sauce. DIED!
The tour was a great way to see the hills and lakes outside of Salzburg.
I also bought me some dried edelweiss. The story with edelweiss is that a man who likes a girl is supposed to give her edelweiss. The catch is that edelweiss only grows on the tops of the alps around Austria.
We also went to the garden where many of the scenes of "Do Re Mi" were filmed.
After the tour, Chelsea and I went up the hill to Nonnberg abbey where the real Maria Von Trapp was studying to be a nun and where the movie filmed all the abbey scenes. It's still a nunnery today.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Salzburg Day 1
11:40 PM August 8, 2011.
It had been a long day. Like I said in the last blog, we took the night train from Venice to Salzburg. I was in and out of sleep on the train and for the last hour I couldn't sleep. We got to Salzburg before 5 AM. I informed the hostel that we were to arrive at 5 and we got there, we couldn't check in yet (and they were fully booked for the night so our beds weren't ready). Chelsea and I slept on an L-shaped couch in the corner of the lounge room until it was check in time. We were knocked out! Once we checked in, took showers and got the day started (at 2PM).
I've said previously that I like European rain, I take it back. Rain in Salzburg is COLD. It felt like winter in San Diego. We weren't prepared for cold, so first order of business was to get warm. I bought a cheap pair of flats and leggings to go with the clothes I brought (only dresses). Once that was settled, we went about our day.
Salzburg is a very pretty small city built on the foothills of the Alps, in between Germany and Italy. It's very green. Its famous for music--not just The Sound of Music, it's the birthplace of Mozart and the Salzburg Music Festival.
We just walked around Salzburg Old Town (where majority of the historical and tourist things are located). We had lunch near Mozartplatz. I had goulash--like a tomato-based beef stew and potatoes. A welcomed break from pasta and pizza.
We also visited Mozart's birthplace, where they have some of his instruments. That was pretty neat. Then we had tea at Cafe Tomaselli where Mozart used to hang out at. We took the cable car(I believe it's called festungsbahn) up the top of the hill to the Salzburg fortress. It had great views of the city and the surrounding hills.
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It had been a long day. Like I said in the last blog, we took the night train from Venice to Salzburg. I was in and out of sleep on the train and for the last hour I couldn't sleep. We got to Salzburg before 5 AM. I informed the hostel that we were to arrive at 5 and we got there, we couldn't check in yet (and they were fully booked for the night so our beds weren't ready). Chelsea and I slept on an L-shaped couch in the corner of the lounge room until it was check in time. We were knocked out! Once we checked in, took showers and got the day started (at 2PM).
I've said previously that I like European rain, I take it back. Rain in Salzburg is COLD. It felt like winter in San Diego. We weren't prepared for cold, so first order of business was to get warm. I bought a cheap pair of flats and leggings to go with the clothes I brought (only dresses). Once that was settled, we went about our day.
Salzburg is a very pretty small city built on the foothills of the Alps, in between Germany and Italy. It's very green. Its famous for music--not just The Sound of Music, it's the birthplace of Mozart and the Salzburg Music Festival.
We just walked around Salzburg Old Town (where majority of the historical and tourist things are located). We had lunch near Mozartplatz. I had goulash--like a tomato-based beef stew and potatoes. A welcomed break from pasta and pizza.
We also visited Mozart's birthplace, where they have some of his instruments. That was pretty neat. Then we had tea at Cafe Tomaselli where Mozart used to hang out at. We took the cable car(I believe it's called festungsbahn) up the top of the hill to the Salzburg fortress. It had great views of the city and the surrounding hills.
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