more of our Austria adventures!

I'm kindof tired and don't feel like writing right now, but this is a basic list of the things we've been doing in Salzburg this week!

Friday (cloudy with some rain, but we made the best of it):
-we got up in the morning and had yogurt and cereal for breakfast

-headed to the train station and bought tickets to Hallein

-arrived in Hallein and toured the salt mines! it was fun and yes "Salzburg" does mean "Salt Mountain"... even though the salt mine is outside of Salzburg, the reason Salzburg has all the beautiful architecture and buidlings is because of the rich salt miner guy Wolf-Dietrich. And, we got to ride into the mine on a train, take a boat through the mine, and slide down slides to get to each descending level!

-took the bus and then train back to Salzburg

mom got her first kebap!

went to the shoe store (I got a pair of sandals and some sneakers)

came home and had snacks and watched Secret Life :)

Saturday (started off beautiful, got a little cloudy and chilly):

woke up, had delicious bread and nutella for breakfast! seriously the bread here is so delicious, I will miss it when I'm back in the US.

went to Mirabell Gardens which was sunny and beautiful! Mom got to see the Sound of Music hedge, and other parts of the gardens where scenes were filmed (the song Do Re Mi). We also went to St. Peter's Abbey which inspired one of the scenes in the movie. The Residenzplatzsquare statue is also where Maria ran by when she sang "I Have Confidence" :) racking up the Sound of Music references!

took the S-bahn car up to the Festung (the big castle on the hill)

toured the Festung! It was a really cool castle, which they began building around the year 1072 or something like that.

went back into the Altstadt (old city) and got sausage and a pretzel..first Austrian sausage for Mom!

found a wool store where mom got pretty wool for a scarf

Mom bought us stein charms (we both have charm bracelets)

went in St. Peter's Kirche (church)

walked back home and rested our tired feet :) doing laundry which is in now!

Well that's about all the update for now, but more will come later and also tomorrow we are touring the Hellbrunn Palace and going to the zoo!! :)

** EDIT 5/1/11**
I just found a note of some of the things Mom and I did on Sunday before she left, and wanted to add it to this entry!

-we went to the Hellbrunn Castle, where we saw the trick fountains that the Archbishop had set up there. Some of them were really cool..and the tour guide definitely sprayed us with water a few times. Luckily it was a pretty nice day and not cold/rainy! We also wen't inside Hellbrunn, but it wasn't super impressive. There are some nice park grounds there which you dont have to pay to see, so maybe I'll go back sometime!
-We walked on the Mozartsteg bridge, which has Sound of Music connections (it goes over the Salzach)
-Mom tried Sachertorte (chocolate cake) and Gelato..mmm:)
-We didn't get to go on the grounds because they were private but we saw the Leopoldskron castle from across the lake, and it was gorgeous there. It was the castle used for the Von Trapp home in the Sound of Music!
-We walked on the Mönchberg which is the huge hill overlooking all along Salzburg, that was a nice evening walk with good views of the city :)
-we looked for the abbey used in Sound of Music, but couldn't find it. We went to the Augustiner Beer Hall, we didn't get anything but I wanted her to see what a traditional beer hall looks like!
-we got stalked by Mormons..who wanted to give me a Bible..haha they went on the bus with us and talked to us.
We also watched 27 Dresses and 13 Going on 30 the last two nights. The next day we went to the Mirabell Garden and walked along the river. Mom bought a picture of Salzburg, and we got gelato one more time before she had to leave :(

I had sooo much fun with mom visiting :) it was so great to see her! Just wanted to update with the other list I had set aside of what we did!