From Prague we took a bus/train combo to Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg was a pleasant little town with cute shops, beautiful churches, a fortress overlooking the city, and a ridiculous about of Mozart and Sound of Music paraphernalia. Our guesthouse played "The Sound of Music" every night on the TV. Mozart was on everything... we even visited his birthplace.
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| Mozart everything... |
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| Mozart's birthplace |
Since we only had 1 day in Salzburg, we decided to cut costs and make the most out of our time by giving ourselves a free self-guided audio tour. We downloaded Rick Steves' podcasts to our ipods and walked around the city, listening to the history of the place. At the top of Salzburg Fortress was a beautiful view of Salzburg.
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| View from the fortress |
Even though we didn't get to spend a lot of time there, I think it was a nice town that was worth a stop. It also gave us a small taste of the beautiful mountain scenery that we would further see in Austria. Next stop, Innsbruck!
Christmas in Europe, as described so beautifully by you, sounds absolutely lovely...the colourful buildings quaint customs as well as everything old...my kind of vaca!
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