Today was our Sound of Music tour. It was another lovely day (although a bit chilly, we had sunshine) in and around Salzburg. Our tour guide was a jolly fellow who seemed to enjoy singing the songs as much as we did. We saw and learned about a lot of sights that were either used in filming or filming was modelled after (sketch artists came in after they got kicked out of various places they were trying to film). haha They were kicked out of filming in around one church after they put up Nazi flags on the outside without asking permission. รถ We saw many sites and drove up to the beautiful Lakes District and took many pictures. We saw where the kids were in the trees while playing in their play clothes and the reconstructed gazebo and where Rolf threw stones at Liesl´s window and the back of the Von Trapp house and where the kids and Maria fell out of the boat into the water and many buildings. We´ll send out pictures later! We also ate a crisp apple strudel close to the church where the inside was used to film the wedding. And we got to sing through the whole soundtrack on the bus. :)
Then this afternoon we went back for the separate tour of the concert halls that included the site where the filming was done when the Von Trapps are singing together as a family just before their escape. This tour also included a couple other pretty opera and concert halls and Angela got to sing us a bit of opera in one to demonstrate the acoustics.
After that we wandered around the city some more and took an elevator up to the top of a cliff to see some nice views out over the city and a walk back down to the cemetary that inspired where they filmed when the Von Trapps were hiding behind the gravestones to escape the Nazis. The difference is there is no room behind the real ones, so they couldn´t have fit there.
Finally, we had a bit of dinner at an Italian place... I had some wonderful gnocchi (with broccoli for Anna) and now it is 7 and I think we are done for the day!! Time to go enjoy our fabulous hotel room.
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Yeah...what she said...lol It was a super fun day to say the least...now we're off to have some sachertorte (traditional chocolate cake thing) in our suite...hee hee
how fun...i wish i was there! i just love the sound of music. i can just hear that bus! thanks for making me laugh!!
I would've given my left foot to have been there on the tour...just so ya know...belting it out with ya and snorting streudel! TEEHEE! Wow. OH! And I wish your previous blog entry was titled, THE HILLS HAVE EYES...HAHAHAHHAAA! I'm loving all of these upates and closing my eyes to pretend I'm in some place other than a flourescent lit classroom. I don't suppose you could find somewhere and imagine me into it again like the man running at sunset in the Speedo in...where was it? Brazil? Australia? Bora Bora? Tasmania? Just be sure to include the photo. I'm loving my virtual vacation!
gardenpinkie - we will try our best... unfortunately we have found no men in speedos here. its a bit chilly!!
You would not want men in Speedos in Austria in February. Shrinkage?
What a thrill it must have been for Angela to sing in a Vienna opera house!
Of all things...jealous of the gnocchi(sp)!! Ive been craving that stuff like crazy!! Tyler and i decided that we are going to have to have italian dinner nite at our house and it is a "ball" theme with lots of gnocchi!! YUMMY!!!
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