We've been on some really fun trips over the last two weeks. We are trying to use all of our remaining weekends here for traveling to places around southern Germany that we haven't seen yet.
Our first visit was to Salzburg, Austria (not quite in Germany, I know). This is the place that The Sound of Music takes place and was filmed. By the way, I just saw that movie for the first time about 4-5 months ago, and I fell in love. It's funny, because most people in Germany and Austria have never even heard of this movie much less seen it. Anyway, back to Salzburg. So after driving for about 6 hours (it was only supposed to take 3 hours), we finally found our hotel and had some time to tour the city. There was something going on in every nook and cranny of this town...a concert here, people walking on stilts there. We actually came across this orchestra and choir...yes a full orchestra and choir...playing in front this big church. They actually played a medley of songs from The Sound of Music. I was on cloud nine, to say the least.
The next day, we went to the Königsee (the Lake of the King). This place is absolutely my favorite place in all of Germany. You literally ride in a boat down the lake surrounded by enormous mountains with waterfalls everywhere. I took so many great pictures, but even the photos don't do the place justice. So we hiked most of this day all around the mountains. We stopped at this little farm house to have a little lunch. It was so cute. They served fresh buttermilk and cheese and ham on bread. Kenny Tucker would have appreciated the cheese here. (It was stinky cheese, and everyone knows that the best tasting cheese is the kind that stinks the most...hehe).
I'll post some pictures here of the two locations, but to see all of them go to: http://mrsehl.picasaweb.com.
Salzburg:
Street in Salzburg
The famous glockenspiel
Where Mozart was born
Beautiful ladies on stilts
We thought this guy looked an awful lot like Kenny Tucker...hehe.
Königsee:
St. Bartolomä
The lake and the mountains
Mirror effect
The perky old witch
3 comments:
I want to be a beautiful lady on stilts! Was that for the festival?
I want to be a beautiful lady on stilts! How fun! ..and beautiful haha
There was no festival. It was all so random. Ladies on stilts in one area, a jazz concert in another corner, and a classical concert elsewhere. It was lots of fun.
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