Tag: Austria
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Mozart lived here
In 1781, for about 6 weeks Mozart lived in these apartments working for the Bishop. But he didn’t follow the rules and got kicked out, so it was extremely short lived. They have concerts in this tiny performance hall, for about 2 dozen people. This experience was completely disappointing. I was promised cheesy second rate…
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Habsberg Palace
Before WW1 these rich dudes had all the money and all the people. Some stuff happened and now they don’t, but their lavish palace remains and we visited it. They wouldn’t let us take photos inside, but luckily I got this photo of David with his look alike before they told us no pictures. We…
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Hobbit Pub
We found a place called Brezel Gwölb (Pretzel Vault) that was basically just a pub for hobbits. (The rest of this post was written by David) This place was in our Rick Steve’s tourbook otherwise we would have never found it. It was tucked in the tiny little alleyway, where only about 3 other people…
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Klimpt
We pretty much went to see The Kiss, but there were many other great works at the Belvedere. I was sad to see that Judith was on loan to a museum in Berlin. That’s a very good piece.
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Vienna is lovely
We got in to Vienna in the afternoon, but we were still able to enjoy an entire day of siteseeing after we got here.
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Travel to Vienna
Today we are saying goodbye to Germany and headed by train to Vienna, Austria. When traveling this way, by train, subway, bus, and walking we do our best to keep it light. We each have a carry on sized suitcase with good rolling wheels. We prefer luggage that can be pushed fully upright as well…
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Salzburg Gardens
We found a dwarf garden! This was a big beautiful garden. Several Sound of Music scenes were filmed here. Including the do re mi song.
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The Sound of Music
In Salzburg we embarked on a 10 mile bike ride to all the sound of music sites. Let’s start at the very beginning. Photos from the abbey where Maria grew up. I went inside to snap a photo and captured a brief video. This is the original version of How do you solve a problem…
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