Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Day 8: Salzburg and back to Munich

We got to sleep in until 730 today which was great. At 845 we were off
on a city tour of Salzburg by foot. Our guide showed us through the
old gardens and the old pedestrian walkways. We actually got to see
more Sound of Music sights today than we did yesterday. We saw the
fountain where the sang do re me in, the place where the entire family
sang before they ran away (it had an excavation going on near it so no
pic), and we saw the place where the police came looking for the
parents while they were on there honeymoon. I think that was all.

We went through an old cemetery near the abby that is still used
because they do not embalm the bodies and put them in wooden boxes so
they will turn back to dirt and then 15 years later they can bury the
next family member in the same spot.

We did not get to go up to the castle we decided to shop instead. We
bought chocolate ate a great lunch, Italian again, then we bought some
more tourist trap stuff.

We went through Mozart's house and museum which was kind of cool. All
in all Salzburg should only be a daylong stop.

We drove on to Munich for the night and had our farewell dinner with
the group for the last time.

We had a great trip.

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