What will my future beeee……I wonderrrr…..

PT II

Le Graveyard.

Found out Mozart's sister and the composer Hadyn are buried here.

I loved how beautiful and different every little plot was.

We found a door open, and a door etched into the mountain. I learned that the cemetery's been there since 700AD, so we got to daydreaming that this was one of the older crypts.

Doest thou see the building etched in the mountain?

Sundials everywhere.

The SoM fountain is still all winter-ed up. Dang.

Here's what I could see through the slits.

We crossed the river again, and saw some freaking insane houses along the river.

Tuck tried on an Austrian hat while we chilled by the river.

And of course, all 3 boys wanted to jump down the little grassy cliff into the rocks and freezing water. Sheesh.

That night we rented out someone's house. It was awesome. I only took photos of the bathrooms. I don't remember quite why. Tuck and Wes had a blast in that bathtub!

Beam me up, Scotty. This was an insanely high-tech shower. Lighting, music, 3 different water options. It took ten minutes to figure all of it out.

Mozart chocolate, anyone?

The house we stayed at was right up in the Alps, it was great! When we woke up, we got started on our trip to the Bertchesgarden Salt Mines.

We got a little lost (always fun), and wound up driving up one of the huge mountains. We found a mountain village, it was awesome!

While waiting for the salt mines to open, we went to a bakery in Bertchesgarden. Why is everything so pretty here????

Ah, the salt mines. Many a "mines of Moria" joke was said. 

The boys had a blast. You have to take slides to get to the lower levels during the tour, and the boys loved it! You get to ride a boat across an underground lake, which was fun. They had a light show on the lake too. My memories of this place make me think that the cave was remodeled somehow. I don't remember the slides being as long and steep as they are now. It was fun though. Imagine the tour group getting to listen to me and mom screaming down the slide. 

You could try the salt water while in the cave (no pictures allowed in the cave). Wes dipped his finger in, tasted it, and said, "delicious!"

Easter is a-comin

On our way!

To Hellbrunn Castle!! This is a fun place to come to in the summer, so you can enjoy the ancient water park in the back, but it was still awesome to check out in the spring.

We went a wandering.

Hillary Hillary Hillary!!!! LOOOOOK! I freaked out. This photo is for Hillary. Hill, Tash, Sarah, and I traveled here when we were kids, and rode on this sucker. It was awesome to get to come back!!

These are right out of my childhood. Awesome.

I didn't take a closeup of the Gazebo (but I got an awesome movie), but the SoM Gazebo is in the back to the right.

Found this in the restroom. We have one in Utah ha ha ha.

Mr. Shoe model.

Wowwwww.

One last stop, the Kurnigsee

Found a hilarious add for candy. 

I'll be calling him Brunhilda from now on.

What will this daaaay be liiiiike…..I wonderrrrrr

On the road to Salzburg!  Tuck and I messed around in the back.

If I had a Euro for every church I saw….

Yes, I was definitely listening to the Sound of Music soundtrack, the whole drive.

…and singing it. Loudly.

Our first stop was at Merabel Palace. Location of many a Sound of Music shot. Wesley prefers to walk with no hand holding, but sometimes he likes to hop on the front of the stroller.

Cathedrals everywhere...

Yodeleheehooooooo!

We found a playground next to the Merabel gardens. I highly suggest you visit if you have kids. 

It had a super high, super steep slide. It may not look like that from this angle, but you'll just have to take my word for it.

It didn't help that I was wearing very smooth leggings.

Strange to have a cute playground next to a foreboding dungeon door…dundundun.

After the playground, we reenacted some movie scenes. I'll make a little vid with the movie clips.

Do the march, boys!!!

The closer we got to that statue, the sillier it looked. Just keep away, and imagine the majesty of it. I'll give you a good example of this later.

Boys, I need to you run, while doing some form of dancing, and singing about tea with jam and bread.

CUTENESS.

Whilst I was off filming my reenactment, Max was going berserk over the pigeons.  

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens….la la la laaaaa!"

Here's that example I was telling you about. This is one of the unicorns next to the awesome steps. The other unicorn looks majestic and awesome, while this guy looks like a derp. 

Tash, with all her wit and wonder, caught an awesome photo of me ha ha ha. I love it!!!

Tucker and Tash found Mom out. She's got a man in Salzburg. Wolfi…to be exact.

There's so much to do here, and so many places to explore!!!

We crossed the river and walked next to the cliff. These buildings are built right into it, they're super skinny!

Wes was very popular in Salzburg, everyone loved how he rocked that hat!

They sell drendels everywhere. This was a high-end shop, but you can buy drendels and lederhosen everywhere in Austria.

Walkin down a cool street. Mozart was born and raised here, so there's LOTS of stuff promoting that.

….like I said. Lots of Mozart, everywhere.

And Easter is coming up soon, so we got to see some beautiful stuff in the windows!!

This is the house where Mozart was raised. It's along that street with the signs. I took a better pic, but I liked this pic because of the doorbells.

We wandered down a random alley to find this. Wow.

I'd like a driveway/courtyard please.

LOVE

Here's the church where Mozart was Baptized. Another cool thing I learned is that the outside statues and fountains are covered during the winter.

Inside of the church. WOW!

So to the right of the church, there's another courtyard. In that courtyard is one of those newfangled modern sculpture/statues. It's a huuuuuge gold ball with a human statue on top. I found the initials interesting.

Found some hats. Twas tempting, but I'd already bought an Austrian traveling hat.

We found the graveyard that the SoM film based it's set design off.  More photos to follow.