We arrived in Innsbruck( a bit cooler) from Venice to be surrounded by beautiful mountains with a touch of snow still on them. The river at the back of our hotel was the bluest/green colour we had ever seen and flowing swiftly. As we do in every town, we took ourselves off for a walk in the afternoon and discovered the city. The next morning we did the hop on/hop off bus and visited the very exciting Bergisel Winter Ski Jump – I would love to watch someone actually jump off it, as it is quite scary just looking at it. We looked up at the mountains and I decided we just had to take a trip to the top – can't say Jack thought that was a good idea. He went along with it and on the last, very steep cable car ride his knuckles were turning white because he was holding on so tight.. I must admit I was feeling a bit nervous as I looked back down the mountain. It was a relief when we got out but worth it, the view was spectacular, we were surrrounded by parts of the Alps . This town must be so beautiful when there is more snow around.
Our next stop was Salzburg-home of Mozart. Everything centred around Mozart and you could choose from any number of concerts to attend, most of these were being held in the churches. Bells rang constantly as we wandered around and called into the churches, we often found people singing so we would sit and listen for awhile- the girls singing the Alleluia from Shrek were just beautiful. We started off listening to international groups at the Mirrabelle gardens and then attended the concert at the Cathedral. The next night we walked up to the Nonnberg Abbey(where the nuns don't speak and Sound of Music fame) to attend another concert. The Sound of Music tour was a bit of a take but had to be done and gave us a chance to see towns out of Salzburg and the church at Mondsee that was used for the Sound..... We made our way up to the fortress up on the hill and then followed the walking trail along the old city wall to the other end of town.
Munich saw us cover Dachau concentration camp, a couple of city walks, including beer gardens and the famous Hofbrauhaus and the Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen which the Sleeping Beauty Castle was modeled on and some of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed there.
Munich saw us cover Dachau concentration camp, a couple of city walks, including beer gardens and the famous Hofbrauhaus and the Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen which the Sleeping Beauty Castle was modeled on and some of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was filmed there.
So ends the gap in my blog.
Love
C & J
Love
C & J
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