Salzburg

We finally made it to Salzburg after getting on a later train. It was only about 30 minutes later but it took us a lot longer. We went through Verona which is west, not north like we needed to go. Then to Innsbruck then on to Salzburg. We got in at about 11:30 and made it to our hotel. The next morning we again had breakfast at the hotel then our tour guide picked us up at the hotel. If you ever want to go on a great tour of Salzburg, check out Bob's Special Tours. They can only fit 8 people in the van so it is a lot more intimate of a tour than the big buses. And RosaMaria was a great tour guide. She is from the same town as Arnold and says California the same way. Anyway, RosaMaria took us around Salzburg to show us some sites then we went to most, if not all the places the Sound of Music was filmed. They jumped all over the place to film that movie, including Hollywood. We did see the headquarters for Red Bull also. I had no idea it was there. And there are no signs so you don't even know what it is. It's just a very modern building in a little town. We also got to stop at a little restaurant overlooking a lake and snow covered houses to eat apple strudel. Mmmmmm, that was good.

We finished with our 4 hour tour then got the chance to walk around Salzburg. It is a very fun city. It has so much character and sooooo much cleaner than Rome/Italy was. We got a few different flavored pretzels, looked around the city, then walked for a very long time trying to find a certain restaurant. We think we finally found it but it was closed, so we had to keep looking. We eventually found a restaurant and had, yes, pizza. But we also threw in some soup and some pasta. After we ate we headed back to our hotel and turned in for the night.

Now for a few pictures.

The house in the background is where the Von Trapp family had lemonade and played in the water. The front of the house is at a different location.
This photo was taken near the yellow wall that Maria Von Trapp walked along carrying her guitar on her way back to the house. Yes, those walls are yellow.
And this is where we ate apple strudel.
And if by chance you know the movie as well as I do, joking, this flower was taken in a park where Maria and the Von Trapp children danced around.
And this is come random rock pillar. I just liked it.OK, enough of Salzburg and my favorite movie in the whole wide world... Monday we will move on to our last stop, Munich, Germany.