Today we started bright and early. It was too dark to get a picture of the Danube before leaving Vienna. We went through the Vachau (sp?) valley, saw a couple of abbeys, and ended in Salzburg for a quick walking tour.
As it was Saturday, the market was packed. And there was a wedding in the Mirabell gardens when we were there. You all will remember this from the Sound of Music where the von Trapp children sang Do Re Mi. We saw from afar a couple other significant places in the movie.We toured the Christmas markets, and I got a couple of things. I don't think that we are spending enough time in them to do anything but impulse buy, and I got past that a long time ago.
So then on to Innsbruck. We crossed into Germany unimpeded, and unimpeded back into Austria. This wasn't always possible. We learned lots of history, skiing stars, and other things. We also had the privilege of traveling through snow covered valley with huge snow-covered peaks on either side. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing this was. Many of us just stared out the window open-mouthed.
In Innsbruck we looked at the landmark and ran through the Christmas market there. It was the best of the ones so far, except the part in Salzburg that was not part of the main church market.OK, so then we went to the hotel, had dinner, and went out for a Tyrolean entertainment evening. So we started at 7 30 and ended at 10 30, and we start again tomorrow at 7 30.
I have some other things to write, but it's late, the keyboard is screwy, and there is a wedding reception here where they just finished singing Achey Brakey heart in German. I am not kidding. The smoke that has thoroughly permeated the lobby and every cell in my body has not addled my brain. That much.
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