Salzburg

The four of us were in Salzburg heading to our favorite airbnb, Florian's place, https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2358709?euid=5f85f501-29d8-04fe-611f-5e046364895b.   They were the cutest couple with the cutest loft that we stayed in and the most gorgeous view of the Alps.  They let us arrive really early around 6 or 6:30AM which was great so we could drop off our things and sleep for a couple of hours.  Then we went out and bought a Salzburg Card www.salzburg.info.  This allowed us to use public transportation for free and get into several sights.  We thought it was worth it.  We went up a cable car http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g190441-d247529-Reviews-Untersberg-Salzburg_Austrian_Alps.html to the top of a mountain and hiked around for a bit.  The view was stunning.

We thought it was great that there was a cross at the top.

I was so tired.

A short video

Then we went over to a river boat ride that was also included in the card.  We were so hungry and tired.  Florian recommended a restaurant right up the road for his place where we ate dinner.  The owner actually goes out and hunts daily to get the meat.  We went back to our loft and went to bed dead tired.

The next day we got up and went on the Sound of Music bike tour- a highlight I was looking forward to. http://www.mariasbicycletours.com It was great and I got to sing some of the songs with our guide as we biked along.  In addition to seeing many of the places where the movie was filmed, the city was gorgeous, and the flowers and spring trees smelled amazing.  Also it is the 50th year since the movie was filmed in the spring of 1954.

My bike was named Gretl...love it!

Where the family performs at the end of the movie

The door to this building- we were not allowed inside.

Where Rolf comes in the Nazi car and gives Liesl the telegram for her father while he is away on his honeymoon.

The steps where the children practice singing with Uncle Max

Splashing the water like Maria as she leaves the Abby and heads toward the bus to take her to her new job

The cemetery that inspired the one on the abby's roof where the family hid.  The cemetery in the movie was a set.

The gardens where much of the movie was filmed

Running through the tunnel they ran through

The stairs where they sang

The Abby

Looking sad at the gate where the children went unsuccessfully to visit Maria

The house used for the back of the house in the movie and the river where Maria and the children fell out of the canoe.

Where Maria sings "I've Got Confidence" just before she arrives at the Von Trapp home.  

Clicking my heels like Maria while Brenda spins like Maria

The palace used for the front of the house

Where the car comes out when the family tries to escape

The gazebo-now closed off to visitors because too many people were injured trying to reenact the scene between Rolf and Liesl.

One of the places the children go when "roaming about Salzburg".  

The steps where they sing "Do, so, fa, la, mi, do ray" etc.  

Our group

The 4 of us biking

Josh with his big pretzel

The oldest restaurant in Europe- A restaurant in operation since 803- over 1,200 years!

That afternoon we went to the home where Mozart was born.  Now it is a museum.  We used the Salzburg Card to enter this attraction as well.  For dinner we went back to the restaurant from the previous evening.

Mozart's Birthplace

One of his pianos

Another piano

Wednesday we went to the train station and bought some snacks on the way.  I got the best strawberries!