Day 40 - Salzburg Austria

Photo 1: Any relation Murray?

2: Friedhof Cemetery

3 & 4:Part of the Old Town Salzburg

5: The Marrionettes

6: A view from Hohensalzburg Fortress

7: A very old stove

8: Us in the Sound of Music

9: Mozart's birthplace

10:In Hohensalzburg Fortress

Thus far we have travelled tens of thousands of kilometres, taken over 2500 photos, are way over budget, spent goodness knows how much on public toilets, eaten too many pastries, written 40 blog entries, visited 6 countries (not including Belgium that we drove through or Hong Kong for the lay over), undertaken 5 walking tours, had 4 days of sunshine, hired 2 cars, replaced one camera and had zero time to myself - and we're not half way through yet. But we're loving every moment. 

And what's not to love about Salzburg? A beautiful place despite the bombing it experienced during the war. Some houses go back to the early fourteen hundreds but are in great condition. 

On the way to Hohensalzburg Fortress - Central Europe's largest and completely preserved fortress dating the 11th century, we stumbled across what K describes as the most beautiful cemetery she has seen and I have to agree. It is the Friedhof Cemetery at St. Peter Church and includes Catacombs and graves dating to the 7th Century. As with most fortresses, Hohensalzburg Fortress sits high on a hill so we caught the Hohensalzburg Fortress Cable Railway - Austria's oldest funicular dating 1892. 

We then visited the birthplace of Mozart which is now a museum that holds his violin he received when he was six, some of his music writings etc. Finn won the toss when it came to the Toy Museum (Tilly's choice) or the Museum of Natural History and Technology. The kids had a ball there with the hands on technology. We then grabbed some fish and chips and ate beside the Salzach River. 

We had to walk a while to find an open supermarket as we had no milk or cereal. The breakfast here is €36 a day ($48) hence the return to Corn Flakes. On the way there are many brass plaques cemented to the footpath. In 2010 I wrote, "There are many brass plaques fixed to the ground throughout Germany and here in Austria. These are small memorials and each holds the name date of birth and death and the name of the concentration camp where they were murdered. These are fixed on the ground outside of where the person lived or worked. This is the work of one man who wants every person that was exterminated remembered world wide." There are many of these plaques here in Salzburg also sometimes many together. 

Up early tomorrow as we continue our sightseeing of Salzburg tomorrow.