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    • Day 1

      Salzburg on The Way

      December 28, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C

      We decided to stop over in Salzburg on our way to our friends in Italy. The girls were particularly excited because this was the filming location for "The Sound of Music." That is a movie they recently discovered and truly enjoyed. Their little voices have filled our home with the memorable songs from the movie ever since they watched it.

      Poor Mabel's cough flared up again before we left, but we rallied despite the lack of sleep and everyone traveled quite well. Everyone was excited to be in adventure mode again, so the joy of traveling trumped the tiredness. We traveled by rental car which allowed us to encounter more of the countryside and the Alps. The snow capped Alps with lingering clouds and lush green valleys below were just a spectacular sight to see. Oh and all the long tunnels made for extra fun! One tunnel took Seth five breaths to complete. We went through many long tunnels this trip.

      Our hotel was fantastic and had a pool, but I forgot the swimsuits! Luckily, the kids were very understanding and kind about that. They were really just excited to see the city and be traveling again. We drove into Salzburg and hit the streets exploring. We walked along the river as dusk chased us and the city lit up with Christmas lights. We were drawn toward the town center by Christmas trees and the delicious smells of the Christmas market. We shared one thing savory and one thing sweet! The Schaumrollen was a sweet cylinder shaped pastry filled with whipped marshmallow cream topped with powdered sugar about the size of a child's forearm. We decided on Spätzell because we didn't hit our carb goals for the day. Ha ha! This dish consisted of drizzled, fried dough covered in cheese and pork.

      As we wondered further into the city, we encountered "Mozart" on every corner as this city is also famous for being the birth place of this incredible musician. This trip stirred their curiosity of Mozart and his impact on the world through music.

      We ended the night with an incredible feast at a restaurant with multiple playgrounds! We ordered not understanding how large the spread would be, but we could have fed at least two other adults easily. It was beyond delicious with meats, fresh veggies, sprouts, and freshly made potato wedges. Sehr lecker! Needless to say, we were stuffed and fell to sleep quickly back at it hotel after a full day.
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    • Day 3

      Salzburg 2 jours 3/8 aprem-5/8 midi

      August 4, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Arrivés jeudi 3/8 aprem. Après avoir déposé nos valises à notre hôtel Drei Kreuz, aussitôt repartis dans la vieille ville "Altstadt" piétonne, du côté de la cité des princes archevêques et de la cathédrale, ce même quartier qui a vu naître Mozart et l'a vu évoluer durant ses 26 1eres années, quartier enclavé d'un côté par la falaise d'une montagne, de l'autre par le fleuve Salzach.
      Nous avons flâné dans les vieilles rues Getreidegasse et Judengasse, jusqu'aux places Waagplatz, Mozartplatz, Residenzplatz. Des enseignes en fer forgé partout, des façades colorées, beaucoup de boutiques modernes chocs mais aussi de vêtements traditionnels (Tracht, Dirndl, Lederhosen pantalons courts en cuir, Loden ...) et des célèbres confiseries Mozartkugeln au marzipan.
      Visité la maison natale de Mozart au 9 de la Getreidegasse, découvert clavecin et premier violon de l'enfant prodige, l'appartement familial, sa chambre, salle de musique, ses 750 oeuvres dont 500 terminées et publiées, ses 20 opéras, son arbre généalogique, des tableaux de ses parents, de sa femme Constance Weber, de ses 2 fils sans descendance. Toujours aussi passionnant !
      Soirée sage dans un Biergarten près de notre hôtel : Die Weisse.

      Vendredi 4/8 matin : retour dans la Vieille ville pour visiter cette fois ci la sublime cathédrale baroque-renaissance. Le fond baptismal qui a vu baptiser Mozart, les orgues auquel il a joué. Ces fresques orangées, cet immense dôme/coupole, balcons magnifiques, de marbre blanc et noir, sa crypte où reposent les tombeaux de tous les anciens archevêques jusqu'au dernier de 2015 ... Somptueux ... Et quelle émotion pour tous les 4 d'assister par hasard à un concert d'orgues de reprises de morceaux de Mozart dans cette cathédrale en remontant de la crypte, quel son !
      Puis nous avons pris le temps de flâner à nouveau Capitel Platz ; la place du vieux Marché "Alter Market" avec sa vieille station météo, sa vieille pharmacie "Apotheke" de l'époque des premiers Archevêques, sa jolie statue centrale ; puis la place de l'université "Universität Platz" qui borde l'ancienne faculté de théologie jusqu'à la place Herbert von Karajan d'où nous avons vu par hasard la reine de Suède sortir d'un hôtel restaurant pour monter dans une grosse berline BMW avec chauffeur tandis qu'un compagnon montait dans une Bentley avec chauffeur.

      Puis nous avons traversé le fleuve pour découvrir l'autre maison de Mozart puis le château Mirabell et ses superbes jardins, sous une pluie fine.
      En entrant dans le château, qu'elle belle surprise que ce concert de musique traditionnelle et démonstration de danse folklorique d'un groupe de tyroliens ou bavarois qui nous ont ravis tous les 4 !

      Enfin 1km a pieds pour rejoindre une Brasserie populaire Augustina Bräustūbl aux salles immenses dans un ancien cloître, avec immense Biergarten, et ou les tonneaux de bière Augustina brassée sur place se vidaient à coup de chopes d'1 litre.
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    • Day 3

      Jour 3 - On arrive en Autriche !

      August 1, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Nous voilà partis pour la première étape à vélo ! Objectif : atteindre Salzbourg 🇦🇹

      Nous sommes partis en train de Munich ce matin à 10h et sommes arrivés à Trostberg (🇩🇪) à 12h. Nous avons déjeuné dans un parc et fais la sieste avant de prendre la route direction Salzbourg.

      Nous avons eu la chance de rouler sous le soleil avec les Alpes comme paysage. La vue était exceptionnelle à nous en faire oublier notre fatigue. 😋

      Après 57km de vélo et 430m de dénivelé positif, nous avons franchi la frontière Autrichienne vers 18h30 !

      Ce soir nous dormons en auberge de jeunesse, nous reprenons des forces pour entamer la seconde étape à 8h demain matin !
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    • Day 83

      Salzburg!

      June 12, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F

      Miles: 8.39 Steps: 20507
      Flights stairs: 21

      We spent the day on our own little “waking tour” of the city. The Sound of Music was set entirely in Salzburg, and it is also the birthplace of Mozart, so many sites revolve around those two things.

      Salzburg is SO quiet - you could hear a pin drop it’s very peaceful and nice to walk around the city.

      We eventually wandered our way into a beer garden and I finally joined Jordan in a beer - poured from a wooden barrel into rock mugs! I figured if I was going to have one, now would be the time! 😂 lolI think my last beer may have been in high school - just not a fan of the taste.
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    • Day 1,025

      Touristenauftrieb in Salzburg

      June 6, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Auf dem Rückweg übernachten wir in Lend. Davor machen wir noch eine kurze Wanderung in die nahegelegene Gasteiner Klamm und zur dazugehörigen Brücke, über die der Zug Richtung Gastein rollt. Der Weg ist teilweise mit Geröll überschüttet und es ist niemand anders unterwegs. Diese wenig spektakuläre aber dennoch reizvolle Schlucht ist offensichtlich nicht mehr von touristischem Interesse.
      Ganz anders verhält es sich mit Salzburg, das wir am nächsten Tag bei herrlichem Wetter besuchen. Hier wimmelt es ab dem späten Vormittag von Touristen. Auch wir besuchen Mozarts Geburts- und Wohnhaus, wandern auf den Festungsberg und essen Mozartkugeln.
      Die fraglos sehr schöne Stadt an der Salzach vermarktet sich und ihr berühmtestes Kind Amadeus sehr geschickt und zieht so Reisende aus aller Welt an. Nach einigen Stunden gehen wir über schöne grüne Wege zurück zu unserem Auto und fahren mit der kleinen Nachtmusik im Ohr zurück nach München.
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    • Day 392

      Salzburg, Austria

      June 4, 2023 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Salzburg is known as many things. This 150,000 population city got famous as its home to white gold or salt which was very valuable at the time. Also known as Rome of the north for many of its cathedrals, architecture and beautiful churches its easy to see the slight resemblance. Salzburg overall felt like a very elegant and refined town. Home to Mozart we visited his childhood home and took in his compositions at the local museum. For fans of the movie Sound of Music many scenes were filmed in Salzburg at Mirabels Palace and in the nearby lake district. The main Salzburg Cathedral found in old town is among one of the prettiest we have seen in Europe and we enjoyed a brief organ concert while taking it in. Salzburg also has an iconic fortress, which is the largest preserved fortress in Europe sitting atop its hill overlooking the city.

      We also had the pleasure of attending an Organ Concert in Salzburg Cathedral. There is a video at the end of the post. The Church has 7 organs and while the video only shows the performance on one organ, the artist did walk down the stairs and back up to play at least 4 of the organs. We felt bad for him. Here is a Photosphere of the Salzburg Cathedral.
      https://photos.app.goo.gl/SSYqBYaMRn45nN489
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    • Day 82

      Travel day to Salzburg, Austria

      June 11, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

      Miles: 5.5 Steps: 13056
      Flights stairs: 10

      It was a tough travel day today - we struggled, a lot. Our tickets were in German, struggled translating them, no one in Venice could help us read them … turned out what I thought was a 7 hr train trip, was really a 3.5 hr bus and then a 3.5 hr train. Figured that out as we were sitting at the train station. Long story short … we made it, but not without some tears and fears. But I’ll say, boy was it worth all the hassles!! The train trip, once we got on it, was MAGNIFICENT, and it’s not even the scenic trip I paid for yet. It was just a normal trip. I haven’t seen much of Salzburg yet as we got in after 7:00pm, but what we have seen is amazing. Beautiful, quiet, peaceful, awesome!

      As a side note … was it just me who had no idea Austria’s official language is German?!? I learned a lot about their history today as we traveled — especially as it relates to Germany — Sound of Music makes sooo much more sense now.
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    • Day 1

      Salzburg

      July 28, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Es geht los!
      Nach einer sehr entspannten Zugfahrt sind wir schon mittags in Salzburg angekommen und starten gleich in die erste Etappe. Heute geht es erstmal nur 8 km flach zum "Warmlaufen".
      Aber in den nächsten fünf Wochen werden wir nacheinander durch die Berchtesgadener Alpen, die Salzburger Schieferalpen, die Goldberggruppe, die Kreutzeckgruppe, die Gailtaler Alpen, den Karnischen Hauptkamm und die Julischen Alpen wandern.
      Zum Schluss geht es durch Friaul-Julisch Venetien bis an die Adria.
      Christof Herrmann teilt die Fernwanderung in 28 Etappen. Wir planen seniorengerecht mit 30 Etappen und 4 Ruhetagen :-)
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    • Day 28

      Letzte Station: Salzburg

      October 16, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Gestern Nachmittag sind wir in Salzburg angekommen und hatten das Glück das in Salzburg dieses Wochenende „Jazz in the City“ stattfindet. Wir sind also durch Salzburg gelaufen und haben den Abend mit einem kostenlosen Live Jazz Konzert abgeschlossen :)
      Heute morgen fährt Lilli leider schon nach Hause :( dieser Monat ging für uns so unfassbar schnell vorbei aber wir sind dankbar für die ganzen Erfahrungen die wir machen konnten!
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    • Day 14

      The Augustiner

      May 16, 2023 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      Off of a recommendation from one of the bartenders in town, I checked out the Augustiner. You pick your mug, either .5 liter, or 1 liter. You can guess which one I grabbed. You then give it a rinse and take it over to the two fellas with the barrels. This place is just one big beer garden with a bunch of food stands (all indoors) to get whatever you like! I had to get 2 sausages and some kraut, because I’m on a tour de wurst! They were delicious. And so was the beer.Read more

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