To walk from our hotel to the old section of the city, we needed to pass through the Siegmundstor, the tunnel through Mönchsberg, one of the five mountains in Salzburg.
The tunnel let us out at the horse bath, which is featured briefly in
The Sound of Music.
The medieval equivalent of today's car wash.
Collegiate Church, built in the late 17th century
There was a farmers market set up in the square in front of the church.
St. Michael victorious over a creepy demon
Entering the shopping district
On one side of the street was a Christmas store.....
..... and on the opposite side was an Easter store.
In the Residenzplatz, with the Salzburg Cathedral behind them
Mozart statue
Mozartkugeln are chocolate and marzipan-flavored candies. They have beautiful wrappings, but neither David nor I care for them.
Dressmaker shop sign
Getreidegasse, the main shopping street
Another store sign. I can't get enough of them.
Mozart's birthplace, in the middle of the busy shopping area
Bex' recognizes the name Mozart and some of his music from her Baby Einstein Mozart DVD.
Mozart began composing music at five years of age. How tragic that he died at only 35.
Americans making an effort to fit in
Dirndl sighting on the bridge over the Salzach River.
Salz is the German word for salt, which was transported down this river from the nearby saltmines for centuries.
Ach is an old Celtic word for river. The Celts were the first settlers in the area. Our Sound of Music tour guide told us that's why Austrians tend to have sunnier personalities than other German-speaking peoples.
The Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, was never really used. Construction started in 1077 on the Festungsberg hill and the fortress was so foreboding, nobody attacked the town for a thousand years. The city was never taken by force, but when Napoleon stopped by, Sazburg wisely surrendered.
To walk from our hotel to the old section of the city, we needed to pass through the Siegmundstor, the tunnel through Mönchsberg, one of the five mountains in Salzburg.
The tunnel let us out at the horse bath, which is featured briefly in The Sound of Music.
The medieval equivalent of today's car wash.
Collegiate Church, built in the late 17th century
There was a farmers market set up in the square in front of the church. 
St. Michael victorious over a creepy demon
Entering the shopping district
On one side of the street was a Christmas store.....
..... and on the opposite side was an Easter store.
In the Residenzplatz, with the Salzburg Cathedral behind them
Mozart statue
Mozartkugeln are chocolate and marzipan-flavored candies. They have beautiful wrappings, but neither David nor I care for them.
Dressmaker shop sign
Getreidegasse, the main shopping street
Another store sign. I can't get enough of them.
Mozart's birthplace, in the middle of the busy shopping area
Bex' recognizes the name Mozart and some of his music from her Baby Einstein Mozart DVD.
Mozart began composing music at five years of age. How tragic that he died at only 35.
Americans making an effort to fit in
Dirndl sighting on the bridge over the Salzach River. Salz is the German word for salt, which was transported down this river from the nearby saltmines for centuries. Ach is an old Celtic word for river. The Celts were the first settlers in the area. Our Sound of Music tour guide told us that's why Austrians tend to have sunnier personalities than other German-speaking peoples.
The Hohensalzburg Fortress, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, was never really used. Construction started in 1077 on the Festungsberg hill and the fortress was so foreboding, nobody attacked the town for a thousand years. The city was never taken by force, but when Napoleon stopped by, Sazburg wisely surrendered.
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