Days 26, 27, & 28

Friday began our weekend and had an early start by getting to our train at 4am.  Aaliyah, Sarah, and I travelled to Salzburg, Austria.  After our 8-hour train ride from Berlin we went to check-in to our hotel and purchase our Salzburg Cards.  Next, we headed over to Mozart’s Birthplace, which was really interesting learning about his childhood and his family. 

Then, we walked around Mirabell Gardens, which was beautiful.

Afterwards, we headed to the Museum of Modern Art.  To get there we took a lift inside a mountain, because the museum is actually on top of a huge cliff.  While on top we were able to see the panoramic views of the city, which were amazing. 

Later we walked around the city and saw several churches, all of which were stunning.  Then, for the evening we reserved seats for the Sounds of Austria Dinner Show.  This show had all the highlights from Mozart and the Sound of Music.  I found it very entertaining and slightly funny by all the costume changes during the three hours. 

Afterwards, we walked around the city before we went back to our hotel to get some much needed sleep from our long train ride and having not gotten hardly any sleep the night before.

Saturday the three of us had an early start to the day and went straight to see the Hohensalzburg Fortress, Fortres Museum, and the World of Marionettes.  The World of Marionettes was fun because of the hands on interactions there.  Also, on top of the fortress there was an observation deck, which provided more stunning views of the wonderful town of Salzburg.  The three of us enjoyed this a lot and we were happy to take the cable railway up and down the top of the mountain where the castle was located.

Afterwards, we went to Mozart’s Residence, where I learned even more about Mozart.  Then, we took a Salzach Cruise, which provided more amazing views this time waterfront- to Hellbrunn Palace and Trick Fountains.  The grounds were beautiful of course; however, there was a drawback to the trick fountains of getting soaked.  After, seeing the fountains and gardens we saw the Folklore Museum.  Next, we found the gazebo where the song “I am 16 Going on 17” was filmed for the Sound of Music.  After seeing this we went on to see the inside of Hellbrunn Palace. 

After doing all of Hellbrunn we went back into the city where we shopped around and got nice dinner.  After, having yet another long day we headed back to our hotel and planned out our Sunday adventures.

Sunday, started off a little rocky by us having some complications from our hotel (all of which were on their behalf), so we ended up getting a nice free breakfast.  Afterwards, we headed out to the Untersberg Cable-Car.  That was absolutely amazing!  The hills were definitely alive with the sound of music on to of the 1853-meter mountaintop.

Then we came back in to the city from some last minute looking around before we were to leave the breathtaking city.  Sadly our beautiful weekend came to an end and we took our train back to Berlin to finish up our one remaining day of class.  I honestly cannot believe that there is only one day remaining, it feels like just yesterday I arrived in Germany.