Salzburg

The train ride to Salzburg was gorgeous! I love being in the mountains especially when they are all foggy and you can't see the tops! It's such a quaint town and the first thing you see when getting into Salzburg is a giant fortress on top of a hill. I didn't do much on the first day. I tried to go find some Austrian food but it started pouring down rain and since it was Sunday nothing was open except a McDonald's so that was sad. I went back to the hostel to just hang out and the hostel plays sound of music every Sunday and wed night so I watched that. I booked a sound of music tour for Monday and it was a lot of fun. Our guide was so hilarious. We saw the two houses they used for the Von trapp family house which neither of them is their actual house. They used the backyard for the scenes when they fall in the lake and the other house for the shots of the back of the house. I think one of my favorite parts in the movie is when lesil is climbing in Julie Andrews window but you see her run up to the window to act Iike she's climbing in. The movie is nothing like the actual story and the guide told us he was going to ruin our hopes and dreams with the real story! At the end of the movie when it shows them climbing a mountain is ridiculous bc Switzerland is 400 km away and at the time Maria was actually pregnant. Also the mountain they would have had to climb had the eagles nest sitting right on top of it therefore they would just be walking right back into nazi arms. We saw the abbey where Maria was a novice but since there are still nuns there you can't go in and we only saw it from the road which was kinda sad. Then we went out to the lakes and saw the church where they get married in the movie. In real life they got married at the abbey where she was a novice. I met this Australian guy and after the tour was over we hung out and went up to the fortress and saw the old city. We stopped for a beer but he doesn't like beer so it took him forever to finish it! Of course I picked on him for it. We went back to the hostel bc he was staying there also. I got to talk to my fabulous sister in law who just had back surgery and she's doing so well I'm so happy!! He had gone to take a nap so when he woke up we went and got dinner. We found an Italian place and I made him try lambrusco which is my new fav wine and he loved it! we made friends with the lady who owned the restaurant and when we ordered desert she made it extra big and awesome!!! I got this caramel ice cream thing and it was delicious. But I think most ice cream is pretty delicious when caramel and chocolate are added! We were both exhausted from all the walking and then the ice cream and wine so we both went to bed. It was like 9 and everyone in my room was so loud so I just played on my iPad for an hour or two. I woke up so early this morning bc I had booked a tour to the eagles nest! The girl told me the shuttle would pick me up at 830 so I had breakfast while I waited. A little after 830 the shuttle still hadn't come to get. Me so I asked the girl at the desk and she said no it was here at 815. So I missed the shuttle bc the girl told me the wrong time. I am pretty bummed about it but that just means I'm getting to Innsbruck a few hours early. The hostel I'm staying at has hang gliding !! So I think that will be the first thing I do when I get there! I'm so excited!!

Oh did I mention that at the church that they got married at in the movie, there is a thing an d it says please take a holy water and donate some money you know whatever. So I got one. The holy water is in an airplane bottle of jäger!! How crazy is that.