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Fraueninsel and Family
... translated means men's island and a very small island which people jokingly call the baby island. The snow was falling as we explored the little huts filled with wooden toys and christmas ornaments and they even built a smaller wooden replica of the thousand year old church that is located on the island. After we went for dinner at the nice restaurant called the Linde which was where I had been a few years earlier for Mary's and Joerg's wedding. ...
Sunday ..Sunny Salzburg ...
... or professional) dream. We continue our amble past Mozart's birthplace in The Getreidegasse (Grain Lane) also a busy shopping street ... Getreidegasse is probably most famous for it's old-style shop signs. .. even the "golden arches" of McDonalds have had to conform. A few more "advent" or "xmas" markets are found in little squares along the way.. each has it's own unique style.. and plenty drinking the hot ...
So Salzburg ...Snow Snow & more snow
... green and red theme abounds.
A trip up Hohensalzburg Castle, (dating back to 1077 , with a length of 250 metres and a
width of 150 metres, it is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe) is made a lot easier and safer by the funicular railway (built in 1892) .. for 8:80 euros return the trip of some 98 metres high in sixty seconds. atop the hill the view is one of winter beauty. Snow covered rooftops, ...
Salzburg
... a SOM filming site and we enjoyed wandering around. Parts of the garden used in the movie were the long arbour, the gardens with the sculptures and fountain. We were still somewhat vague on exactly which parts were used and decided that we should watch the movie again when we get a chance to see all the sights again. We also wandered through the dwarf park which has statues of dwarfs who served the prince-archbishop in the 1600s. Once it got dark we headed back to ...
Berchtesgaden
... retreat and also where he hosted numerous diplomats. It also served as part of his propaganda machine to show him as a humble, down to earth person, connected with nature – one of the people. It was here that he met the little blond Austrian girl which he is featured with in numerous propaganda pieces that portray him not just as führer, but a father to the nation. Hitler later found out that the girl was of Jewish descent but ...