Guest post by Katie!
Last weekend Mary, Kaitlyn and I went to Salzburg, and had a busy but enjoyable weekend! On Friday we first went to the Hohensalzburg Castle, which can be spotted from almost anywhere in town. It’s balconies offered amazing views of the entire city, and we did a quick tour inside the castle.
View of Salzburg from Hohensalzburg Castle
After the castle, we visited Hellbrunn Palace, which has the relocated Sound of Music gazebo on its grounds. It is also known for its beautiful garden and trick fountains. We took a tour of the trick fountains not knowing that we would be getting sprayed by trick fountains throughout the entire tour! It was an unpleasant surprise, but in the end I think we were glad we did it.
Hellbrunn Palace Gardens
Trick fountains at Hellbrunn
Friday night we went out to dinner for my birthday to a yummy, traditional Austrian restaurant. Mary ordered the Schnitzel from pork, and we all tried the Austrian specialty.
Saturday we went on the Sound of Music Tour, and as a huge fan of the movie, I was excited when our tour guide could sing every song from the movie. We began at Leopoldskron Palace, which was used as the backyard, terrace, and lake in the movie. After, we went to Hellbrunn Palace to visit the gazebo, old news to us at that point. Around Hellbrunn Palace was the pathway Maria ran along towards the house singing “I Have Confidence”. We drove by Nonnberg Abbey, the abbey used in the movie, and eventually ended up in the nearby town of Mondsee. Although Maria and the Captain supposedly got married in the abbey, the wedding was actually filmed in the Basilica St Michael in Mondsee. We walked into the church and witnessed an actual wedding happening! The tour ended at the Mirabell Palace Gardens, where scenes from the song “Do Re Mi” were filmed.
In front of the backyard used in the Sound of Music
The Sound of Music gazebo
Church used in the movie
Inside the church
The town of Mondsee
Mirabell Palace Gardens
After lunch, we took a cable car to the top of Mount Untersberg, which straddles the border between Germany and Austria. The cable car took us up 1776m, and the top had multiple viewpoints, all giving stunning views of mountains and the cities below.
The view from the top of Mount Untersberg
The view from the top of Mount Untersberg
View of the Hohensalzburg Castle from the Salzach River
Mary and Kaitlyn relaxing on the Salzach River
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