Salzburg- The Hills are Alive...

With the sound of music!

I have no idea why I resonate with musicals so much, but, of course, I do love "The Sound of Music". My sisters and I grew up loving to watch this and sing the songs. I has always wanted to go to Salzburg. We had our chance when we took a trip with friends, we arrived a couple of day before them and easily took a train ride from Munich to Salzburg and had such a great little weekend in this fabulous city.

The first night we booked a Mozart dinner and music event. It poured rain and it was hard to find, but eventually, we got there!

The music was SO good! The dinner was more ho-hum, but all in all, it was fun way to immerse yourself into the Salzburg (and Mozart) culture.

The next morning we walked through the local gardens of Mirabellegartens, which is right in the old town area.

Marching up to the gated fortress on the hill, Hohensalzburg, proved harder than expected but such great views!

Coming back down from the fortress it started to rain again, but we caught a fun photo in a close by town square.

We went to this restaurant as the reviews on Tripadvisor were pretty good.  When we arrived, they had a table available for only 1 hour before being fully booked for dinner.  We agreed to that because we were super hungry and it was so cute inside.

Weiner Schnitzel is pretty great whenever you go in Austria or Germany, but this was especially good.

Meatball Soup

Goulash with a dumpling

We had to try the Apple Strudel too!

Yum, Apple strudel WITH custard sauce.

We strolled along and enjoyed the cute shops and elaborate signs.  There was a McDonalds on this street, but even they had a very elaborate sign in keeping with the rest.

The Sound of Music Tour

I mean, you love the movie and you visit the town? Well, heck yes, you do need to take the tour. Yes, we did do sing alongs in the bus. I absolutely loved it.

Why not sing? You are on a "Sound of Music" tour after all.

We wiled away an afternoon at an outdoor cafe after doing so much walking and sightseeing. Enjoyed a wonderful coffee and a little something-something!