Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Why I Want to Live in Salzburg

These are some pictures of Salzburg, Austria.  I think, after you see them, you'll understand why I want to live there sometime.  Just Google Salzburg, Austria and look at some of the pictures.  I think you'll understand when you see the beauty.






Salzburgers claim they have the most beautiful McDonald's in the world.  By their sign, I'm inclined to agree, though I didn't go inside.  This is on Die Getreidegasse.  I took this.


This is where Mozart was born!  Geburtshaus means birth house.  This is on Die Getreidegasse.  I took this.


The dome of the Salzburg Dom.  So beautiful!  I took this.  This church has 1 HUGE organ and 4 smaller, but still large, organs.  Mozart is reported to have played on one.  Hayden is also reported to have played on one.
Die Getreidegasse.  The Street of Trades.  This is where all the expensive shops are.  I went into the Swarovski store on this street.  I took this.
Mirabell Palace.  I took this.
Salzburg Fortress from the Mirabell Gardens.  I took this.
Mozart's birth house!  It's the kitchen!  I took this.




The Alps from the top of the Salzburg Fortress.  I took this.


Salzburg at sunset.  I took this.
Singing in the Salzburg Dom.  I took this.


Statue from Salzburg Dwarf Garden.  I took this.


Salzburg from the top of the Fortress.  I took this one.
Fountain in Mirabell Gardens.  I took this.
A really cool trick the builders of the Salzburg Dom  made!  If you stand in the center of the courtyard  and look at Mary in the fountain, the crown appears over her head.  It only looks this way from the center of the outer courtyard.  I took this.


This is where Mozart was baptized!  In the Salzburg Dom.  I took this.


Pappageno from the Magic Flute.  It's a fountain somewhere in Salzburg.  I took this.


This is a fountain that was being repaired.  I took this.


Mirabell Palace from the street at dusk.  I took this one.


A really cool door in the Salzburg Fortress.  I took this.


This is a heater in the Salzburg Fortress.  I took this.


One of the staterooms in the Fortress.  I took this.


Some musical instruments in the Salzburg Fortress Museum.  I took this.


The tomb of a wealthy Salzburger at the cemetery next to the Dom.  This is the cemetery they escaped from in The Sound of Music.  They actually built a replica of it in the studio to facilitate the escape.  I took this.


This is a student from the Mozarteum.  He pushed this piano out to the market by the Dom to play.  SO COOL! I took this.

4 comments:

  1. I loved all of these pictures. Especially the sunset :)
    What a beautiful place. I can see why you would want to live there.

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  2. oh, plus! salzburg is centrally located to many european cities, so i could visit all kinds of places from salzburg.

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  3. Love these pics!!! What an adventure!

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  4. thanks, ginny! it was a lot of fun and i would love to go back! 2 days in that beautiful city was just not enough!!!

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