Sunday 28th August 2016
Another early start
this morning (6:00am) as we were being picked up this morning at 8:30am by
“Bobs Special Tours” for our Salzburg Sound of Music & Hallstatt Tour.
Weather today is going
to be a very hot 30° but it felt much hotter.
We were in a Ford
Transit van mini bus that carried 8 passengers & driver.
We visited the Sound of
Music venues in Salzburg:- The Palace of Leopoldskron, used as the Von Trapp
home & where the children fell in the lake; Hellbrunn Palace to see the
Gazebo where Leisal & Raul sang you are 16 going on 17.
Back in the bus for the
1-hour trip to Hallstatt, the lakes district of Salzburg. The scenery is stunning with lakes surrounded
by high mountains and castles along the shoreline. Had lunch in Hallstatt at a
café on the edge of the lake, then a short stroll around before getting back on
the bus for the trip to Mondsee to see the Cathedral where Maria and Captain
Von Trapp were married in the movie.
Arrived back in
Salzburg about 5:00pm and walked through the Mirabelle Gardens before going
back to our hotel for s cup and rest prior to going to the Alter Fuchs (The
Fox) pub where we had an excellent meal of various pork dished and finished
with berry & egg soufflé.
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| The Palace of Leopoldskron |
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| The Gazebo |
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| The lake at Hallstatt |
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| Mondsee Cathedral |
Saturday 27th August 2016
Up at 6:00am this
morning as we leaving Prague today and have to be at the railway station in
time to board the 9:12 am train to Salzburg.
The first part of the
journey, Prague to Munich was in the 1st class section, which very
comfortable with plenty of space and a table to rest books, iPads etc. on. We
even had lunch served to us by a waiter on real crockery with proper cutlery,
also had a beer with lunch. Excellent service and the food was very good. We
arrived at Munich around 3:00pm and changed platforms ready to catch the 4:18pm
train to Salzburg.
Arrived in Salzburg at
6:00pm and got a taxi to the Hotel Wolf Dietrich where we are staying for the
next 3 nights.
After checking in we
walked around the local streets and had a lovely meal of hamburgers with
fries (cooked flat & crisp)
accompanied by a beer for Mick & I and a glass of wine for Lynne &
Heather. Heather and Lynne also had a “Mozart Cup” ice cream in a huge “horn of
plenty” glass dish.
Continued our walking
tour after dinner going over the bridge to the old town them back to our hotel.
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| Lunch on the train |
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| View from the back on the train |
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