We spent another long day traveling to get to Salzburg. Again the scenery was beautiful but it was a long day of sitting on the train. We finally arrived in Salzburg, the home of Mozart, Red Bull, and the Sound of Music, around 4:30 in the afternoon. We went to our hotel, Hotel Mozart, and dropped off our bags before heading out to see the city. We walked around Salzburg for a little bit and then headed to the oldest restaurant in all of Europe. Unfortunately none of us brought our cameras, but it was the coolest restaurant! It obviously had some very ancient elements but it was mixed with modern and contemporary lighting and furniture, the mixture of the old with the new was very appealing! It was fun to people watch and the restaurant ending up getting very busy towards the end of our meal. Many of the people came in traditional Austrian outfits, and I particularly love the darling outfits the women wear. It was fun to see how important their culture still is in their everyday life. It seemed to be popular to wear traditional dress for both young and old alike. After dinner we walked around a little more and headed back to the hotel to get some rest.
In the morning we woke up to go on the Sound of Music Tour! Obviously I was looking forward to this tour, as it is one of my favorite movies of all time. Dave wasn't feeling his best, but he sucked it up and came along. We got to see some really cool sight from the movie, including the Von Trapp house featured in the movie, the actual Von Trapp house, the gazebo, the gardens where the family sings do rae me, the mountain featured in the beginning and end of the film, the cemetery they hid in, the church from the movie, and many more. It was really cool to actually see all of these places and remember each part of the movie. I think we all really enjoyed the tour and learning fun facts about the film.
On the tour we also got to drive past the Red Bull headquarters, which was really interesting. There is also a Red Bull restaurant and Red Bull clothing store in Salzburg! Apparently Red Bull is coming out with another cranberry energy drink here pretty soon, so be on the look out. Something I was surprised to hear was that the "founder" of Red Bull actually discovered the drink in Thailand and merely added carbonation to the energy drink. Now he is the one of the richest men in the world and by far the richest man in Salzburg! All for adding carbonation to a drink that had already been invented!
After the tour Dave went back to the hotel to rest and Lee Anne and headed to a traditional beer garden. It was really fun and really beautiful on the patio outside. You stand in line to pay, get on of those hilarious mugs, and then take it to the tap to get filled up. Lots of the locals even brought their own mugs, which I thought was great. There are also various food stands in the building so Lee got a brat and I had a pretzel to have with our beers. We both loved people watching and were shocked at how packed it was on a Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. The best part of this beer garden is that it is attached to a church! Who would have thought?! We walked around the city a little more and headed back to the hotel to check on Dave. He still wasn't feeling to hot so Lee Anne and I went to dinner by ourselves. I took her to her very first Indiana restaurant and she actually said she loved it! The food was great and it was a nice, quiet little restaurant nearby our hotel, which was good because at this point it had started raining.
We made it back to the hotel after stopping for some chocolate (Milka bars, duh). We packed up our bags for the morning and went to bed to get a good night sleep before another day of travel to our last stop, Munich.
View of Salzburg from the river
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