Salzburg

Home of Mozart. And of course, the “Sound of Music”.

Unfortunately, it rained the entire time we were in the city, which made for rather a cold and dreary day. But we did visit Mozart’s birth house and Mozart square, as well as a few places where several “Sound of Music” scenes were filmed, such as the Mirabell Garden,

Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg

St. Peter’s cemetery,

St. Peter’s Cemetery

And the fountain in Residenzplatz.

Fountain in Residenzplatz

There was also a bridge covered with “Love Locks” -the first time I’d heard of this practice, though afterwards I saw a few locks on other bridges on the trip. None had this many, though.

Lock Bridge, Salzburg

But given the weather, it was a good thing to spend a lot of our time indoors. We had lunch at St. Peter Stiftskeller, which claims to be Europe’s oldest restaurant – going back to 803. Yes, I typed that correctly. Over 1200 years. I’m sure the building has changed over time, of course.

St. Peter Stiftskeller

And of course, when in Salzburg, one should eat Salzburger Nockerl – sort of a souffle/meringue sort of dessert which had a raspberry sauce in it.

Salzburger Nockerl

After more sightseeing, we finished up the afternoon with coffee and pastries at Cafe Tomaselli, Salzburg’s oldest coffee house , and where Mozart went to sip his almond milk.

Pastries at Cafe Tomaselli

And of course, link to more photos of Salzburg.

All posts for this vacation can be found with this tag: Europe2013