Hello! Today we got up and saw more of Salzburg. We listened to a Rick Steves audio tour on our phones and walked around the city, seeing a lot of the major sights. We got to see a very impressive church that Mozart went to and played in.  We also saw Mozart’s birthplace, where he grew up. The city is known for Mozart and the Sound of Music (which are my two favorite things!) but they don’t seem to care about the Sound of Music as much as they do about Mozart. After we walked around for while, we had a nice lunch and ice cream.

In the afternoon, we went on our long awaited Sound of Music bike tour. We all loved it and lived out our fantasty of being members of the Von Trapp family by cycling and singing through the Salzburg countryside. (Except for Daddy who has never seen The Sound of Music. What a crime!) We got to see so many recognizable places where the movie was filmed. We also had a great tour guide. He had a speaker playing music from the movie and as we got to bike to the sound of Music. Here are some pictures. See if you can recognize any spots!

The minute the bike tour ended we headed to a concert at the Mirabelle Palace. We listened to a string quartet play a lot of Mozart (what better place) and Tchaikovsky.  Miraculously, they played 2 of the chamber pieces I played at Kin Haven and one of the orchestra pieces! It was a beautiful concert and concert hall. And to think that Mozart played in that same room!