Salzburg

Salzburg!! After much anticipation, we finally made it here, and the first (and pretty much only) thing I wanted to do was of course, The Sound of Music tour. We woke up bright and early Monday morning and made our way to MiraBell Garden to start our tour.

Our first stop was in Mirabell Garden: the fountain where Maria and the kids marched around the fountain singing Do-Re-Mi.

Our next stop was the gazebo! This is the quinessential Sound of Music tour picture. I can add it to the Watt's family gazebo picture collection.

This is the lane that Julie Andrews skipped down with suitcase and guitar case in hand while singing "I Have Confidence." I had to skip down the same path! A bit down the road is the house that was used as the front of the Von Trapp's house. We got to see the house from a distance, but didn't get to stop at it.

This is the house that was used as the back of the Von Trapp's house. The canoe scene was filmed here as well as the scene where they have lemonade and bounce the ball with the Baroness. It's hard to make out, but there is a balcony and the scene where the Captain tells the Baroness good-bye was filmed there. The gazebo was located to the left of the house originally, but was moved to a place where tourists could see it. This house is owned by Harvard, and they do not allow tourists on the property. They hold seminars here, and I've already looked to see if they're holding any that I can attend! Harvard allowed very little filming to be done here. One of the rooms in the house was completely replicated in a Hollywood studio since they couldn't use the room for filming.

I'm not exactly sure how this lake plays into the movie, but it was a really pretty view anyway.

This is the church where Maria and the Captain got married in the movie (they actually were married at Nonnburg Abbey). I was surprised at how small it was, or maybe it just seemed small since it was empty. When I watch the movie everything just looks much more grand.

This is where the children and Maria hung from the trees and also where they road their bikes. This was it for the tour, but I found a couple more things to see in Salzburg.

This is the fountain where Maria sits and splashes the water while singing "I Have Confidence." Matt and I were told it was in Old Town, so we walked and walked and walked all through Old Town unable to find it. After what seemed like hours (it was probably more like only one hour), I looked at the map and realized that we thought was Old Town was actually New Town. So after much frustration, we figured out where Old Town actually was and found the fountain!

One of our last stops was Nonnburg Abbey. This is the Abbey where the real Maria went to be a nunn and it was used in the film as well. It's still a convent so we couldn't walk around inside.

So Salzburg was a success. The city was small and walkable, and we really enjoyed our time here!