From Hallstatt, we made our way to Salzburg. The scenery was amazing!
Salzburg was a very pretty city. In fact, we decided it was one of the loveliest cities we've visited. Pretty pastel buildings, picturesque church steeples, quaint little shops, and music everywhere.
Our first stop was the castle.
After three days of traveling, we were all exhausted.
On day two in Salzburg, we just did some more exploring.
Salzburg felt like a place that still belonged to its people--meaning, it wasn't just overrun with tourists. There were locals shopping and going to work and meeting friends at the corner cafe in Salzburg. It felt like a real city, not just a tourist relic.
A nice lady stopped working on her window display and asked if we'd like her to take our picture for us. So for once we got a shot of all of us together.
After our walk, we checked out of the hotel and started our trek back to Munich and the airport. I have no pictures of our journey home, but if I did it would be of one big frowny face. Let's just say, a 10 pm flight was not a great idea, and don't let the name fool you because there's nothing easy about Easy Jet.
Despite the difficulties of packing our troop around Europe, it is definitely worth it. Germany and Austria very much exceeded our expectations. I will miss the giant pretzels the most.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Hallstatt from Above
On our second day in Hallstatt, we took a funicular up the mountain to a restaurant above Lake Hallstatt.
The view was spectacular!
The view was spectacular!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Hallstatt
After finishing at Dachau, we started an almost three hour drive to the Austrian lake district.
We were amazed at how beautiful the countryside was!
Our final destination was a town called Hallstatt nestled on the side of a mountain. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Europe. There was a Hallstatt before there was a Rome. People have been mining salt there since forever.
The town was like out of a fairy tale and one of the most amazing places I've been.
Our final destination was a town called Hallstatt nestled on the side of a mountain. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Europe. There was a Hallstatt before there was a Rome. People have been mining salt there since forever.
The town was like out of a fairy tale and one of the most amazing places I've been.
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| Austrian countryside |
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| The view helped ease the pain of many miles of slow traffic... |
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| Hallstatt (photo from here) |
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| The view from our hotel room |
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| The town square |
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| The Catholic church |
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| This house had the most amazing pear tree growing against it. |
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| A view of the lake from the Catholic church |
| Our hotel. It was creaky and old and wonderful. |
Friday, August 3, 2012
Day 2: Dachau
We set out in the morning from Munich worried that the drizzly weather would hamper our visit to Dachau, but once we got there, the weather cleared up and it became a bright, lovely day.
Is it strange to say that I really enjoyed visiting a concentration camp? The Holocaust is a topic that I've studied quite a bit, so to see a place where such a thing took place was moving, absolutely fascinating, and sobering. I'm so glad we went. It meant a lot to me.
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| At the entrance |
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| "Work will set you free" |
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| Recreated bunks in the barracks |
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| The common area in front of the administration building. This is where the prisoners were forced to stand for roll call. |
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| Only the foundations of the barracks remain, like enormous cemetery plots. |
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| The Jewish memorial |
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| The crematorium |
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