Austria Trend Hotel Salzburg Mitte

... they filmed The Sound of Music around this area, and let me tell you, they were not greenscreening anything, people. This place is gorgeous! I think it had even Bruges beat on being picturesque. Winding streets, blue skies, cute shops, and the Alps. Seriously, how am I going to go back to Illinois after scenery like this? <br><br>Anyway, we started off our visit by taking a funicular ride up to the fortress, which ...

... euro if you dont want to share a bathroom with someone. In the end we managed to find a private room with bathroom but the reviews are not that good but it will do we also decided to stay only 2 nights as a compromise!<br><br>In the evening we watched our 1 tv channel that was in english CNN news lol and read our books then walked and got a take away kebab both Ian and I are going to look like kebabs before the end of the trip.<br>

... of Music' (filmed in Salzburg) to get us in the mood.<br><br>On the way in, we managed to experience multiple weather conditions for our poor busdriver to negotiate; it went from overcast, to a little drizzle, to ******* down rain, to snowing (yes - you read correctly!) to sunny, back to the blasted rain! Four seasons indeed... But it was absolutely amazing driving through the snow covered fields and getting our first glimpse of the famous Austrian Alps.<br><br>Salzburg, our final ...

... the days pictures with brief captions. It is indeed a lovely city with history at every turn. The theme of the tour was "The Sound of Music" and we visited many of the locations where scenes from the movie were made. I am standing at the top of the steps in one of the shots where the song "Do, Re, Me" was sung by Juie Andrews and the Trap Children.

... She told us it was just a few minutes walk down the street. As soon as we walked outside we saw it on top of the hill in front of us. We had to circle the hill a bit until we found a staircase and pathway that we could climb to get to the fortress on top. It was quite a steep and hard climb actually. It was also raining on and off all the way up the hill. Sometimes it wasn't worth holding the umbrella because the wind was blowing so hard that it was nearly ...

... y, good food in the restaurant, lovely views), and the outside of a few churches (no clue which ones), and the Schloss Mirabel gardens (not so impressive in the fall, but quite pretty anyhow). And I shopped. A lot. Really, if it was an Olympic sport, I think I'd place top 10 ...

... strudel I walked back to the hostel to get my luggage and go to Budapest. I caught an earlier train to Vienna so that I had enough time to grab a good seat in the train from Vienna and to Budapest. Well that was a brilliant decision!!! I got down at Vienna and found out that the train to Budapest was already there and it actually goes to Bucharest, Romania via Budapest. So I went in the train and it was not as nice as I had imagined. I got settled in an empty compartment.

... chamber)...and the best part of it all THE RED BULL airport hanger owned by the RICH austrian from Salzburg who invented the energy drink. Private planes, race cars, helicopters and 20 dollar martinis. Saw Mozart's birthhouse, had apple strudel shots at a local pub with adorable Danny boy. If only we could get used to the smoke in the bars....

August 26-Monday<br>We left Kitzbuhel at 8:30. There was a brief stop in Berchtesgarden, in Germany, at 10:00. Up on the side of the mountain, we could see Hitler's Eagle&#8217;s Nest. It was rather chilling to see that part of history. The bunker is now a restaurant. Our rest stop overlooked a valley filled with wonderful homes. What a view! Back on the bus and on to Salzburg. Time 10:35.

... A video camera sure would have come in handy here.)<br><br>Finally! Salzburg! Mozart, the Sound of Music, the Mirabel Gardens! Where to start? <br><br>Well first, how about some lunch? We had lunch in St. Peter&#8217;s Cathedral. The room where we ate was one of the most elaborate rooms I have ever been in&#8230;the mural on the ceiling (wow!), the enameled mural on the piano (wow! wow!)&#8230 ...