Left Vienna early this AM and went to Salzburg. The home of Mozart and the Von Trapp family from the sound of music. Pretty amazing Mozart lived in about 20 homes each claiming to be his residence and apparently Julie Andrews stepped on every stone on the cobble stone streets ( Can you tell i am being a little sarcastic?) :)
It is a very picturesque city in Bavaria, Austria and the name takes it self from the Salt mines that date back to 700 BC and even the river here has a high concentration of salt in it. It is like a story book setting with the homes and farms and mountains.
From there we went to the Eagles Nest which is a solid stone building built on the top of a 6000' mountain. Martin Boorman and the engineer who designed and built the Autobahn in Germany prior to WWII designed and built this place as a present for Hitler for his 50th birthday. The amazing part was they built this place in 13 months which included building about 4 miles of road up the mountain including digging tunnels to get to the building site.
From there it was on to Munich and got in about 7 tonight. Just finished up dinner and too tired to hit the beer halls. OH WELL :( I hate getting old.
Off to Switzerland for two days in the morning we will talk to you tomorrow night.
D&D
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