20 August 2007

Fast forward to Salzburg

Alright...here is the real story. Ever since we arrived in Munich, well, things have gotten (to say the least) a bit crazy. Between sneaking into soccer games (which is extremely dangerous being the Europeans love their football!), running through fountains, taste tasting the finest brews of Bavaria, eating our weight in pretzels (you would too if they were covered with chocolate!), enjoying shopping the latest European fashions, visiting Dachau Concentration Camp (an amazing experience everyone should have) and gallavanting around the city, Munich may just be a trip that words cannot do justice for, even from me.

It might just be easier for me to fast forward the trip to Salzburg - my new favorite European city and home to our friend and legendary composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!



Here is the view of Salzburg from the Museum of Modern Art - located conveniently on a very big hill outside town. Salzburg may just be the happiest little city I have ever been too. Everyone here is immaculately dressed - I mean 85 year old women are trucking it around town here looking 10 times as classy and good as me!

It is a charming, more quaint city with just a population of about 150,000 people. Twice that number (300,000) of people visit here every year! Best of all, Salzburg is home to one of the best movies ever made: The Sound of Music! Naturally, there was no option for us but to take The Sound of Music tour and live the life of Maria Von Trapp!


Now...if you are a true Sound of Music fan, you will know this is exactly the archway Maria danced through with the children as the belted my favorite Sound of Music song...Do-Re-Mi!


After The Sound of Music tour and belting out every song there is from the movie (I mean, did you expect anything less from me?), we walked around the city and took in all the beautiful gardens, picturesque buildings and enjoyed a beer at one of Salzburg´s biggest 'biergartens' - complete with an apple strudel of course!



Here is Megan, Bridget, me, Noah and Megan coming to you straight from the Lake District where The Sound of Music got all their breathtaking scenery in the beginning of the movie!

1 comment:

KAREN said...

Hi Hollie,

Wow what a trip you have had!!!

Thanks for the updates, can't wait for you all to be back on American soil,

Take care and stay out of the mountains.

Karen