Okay, so some more on the magical country of Austria. For part of my stay I was joined by me French friend Leo. We were able to get out and do some exploring together. Neither of us speak German and we we were both keen to eat as many Austrian sweeties as poss, so it was a good match!
One day we took the train to Salzburg to see the sights, and most importantly to do the Sound of Music Tour. Salzburg is a very pretty city, small enough to walk around and full of charm. We wandered around the old town, fueled up on a lunch of sachertorte and strudel, and then joined our tour group. We had a very lively tourguide, who had lots of interesting facts about the city, and all the background info on the film, the Sound of Music. Our tour was full of Australians and Americans, and most admitted to having seen the film at least five times, some were even doing the tour for the second time. Given the dire-hardness of the fans, Leo and I were a little disappointed that we were the only ones singing along to the soundtrack.
So we saw...
1.The lake in which the von Trapp children capsize their boat.
2.The Pagoda where Liezel and Fritz sing the 16 going on 17 song.
3.The Church were Maria and Captain von Trapp get married.
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In the spirit of things Sound of Music-y, I see that they included a crisp apple strudel in there at lunch? I can only surmise, then that you must then have gone to town on doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles for the full experience? Much kudos.
Perhaps my memory of the Sound of Music is fading, but I was sure the 16 going on 17 song was performed by Rolfe and Liesl in a gazebo?
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