Wheels Around Europe . . . . . . . : Do-Re-Mi as well, Salzburg is sizzling !

It was warm when we awoke today and with a clear blue sky, the day just got hotter and hotter. So much so that a severe weather warning has been issued for tomorrow due to high temperatures, only 30c though, so not exactly life threatening to most.

The bus into the city was straight forward, the stop is outside the gate to the Stellplatz and the No. 21 came after just a few minutes wait.

We got off at Mirabell Palace and crossed the River Salzach by the foot bridge with all the padlocks on with messages of love.

The old town is indeed very impressive with it`s buildings and monuments. We first walked down Getreidgasse famed for it`s decorative hanging signs above each shop, even Mcdonalds has one !

There are some very high end shops here so we didn`t hang around. It also has the house Mozart was born in which was creating some keen interest from the Americans

Some of the shops were selling traditional Austrian costumes at very inflated prices and the Japanese were getting all giddy over those.

Then it was around to the Cathedral but seating was being installed in front of it so it made photos difficult. At Residenz it was a similar storey, the builders were replacing the paving. The fountain here made an appearance in The Sound of Music, It is where they sang “I have confidence in me”. Maria enters through Domplatz arches and splashes in the huge fountain, so the internet tells me, I can`t remember it though.

We didn`t do the whole Sound of Music thing, partly because we wern`t that bothered about it and partly because some of the sites are slightly out of town, so more walking, which was not welcome in some quarters.

I would quite like to have gone to Leopoldskron Palace which was used as the family home and looks a very impressive place, but I wasn`t that bothered.

Mozart Platz was very impressive with a fine statue to the great man.

It is a very interesting city with lots to see and do, we didn`t go up to the Festung Hohensalzburg Fortress, as they didn`t allow dogs inside and you had to pay the 15 euro to go up whether you went in or not.

We enjoyed what we did and saw and it was getting very packed with tourists parties when we left, all trailing behind a guide at the front with a flag on a stick !

We made our retreat back across the footbridge and had some lunch in the new town before catching the bus back.
We couldn`t resist going back through Mirabell Palace Gardens and taking more photos.

So a very enjoyable day in a very beautiful city, definitely a city everyone should visit, so if anyone gets the opportunity, you`ll not regret it.