SOUND OF MUSIC SALZBURG

Twenty years ago, I spent almost six months in Austria. I kept to my budget, but I always regretted never getting to Salzburg, which really wasn't very far away. So after watching The Sound of Music every Christmas in my Grandma's little (second) tv viewing room, and missing out on the sights last time, I vowed to see a few highlights with my daughter.

Now the Van Trapp's have a touring group and a big complex in Stowe, Vermont. That's not so far away, so I may have to go visit that next!

Mirabel garden Pegasus fountain, with the Hohensalzburg Fortress in the background, scene of Do-Rae-Me

Mirabel garden shade

Apparently these statues were fashioned after real live people. I call this one Doc.

Red roof of the Benedictine Nonnberg Convent where Maria was a novice 

Right bank (North side) of Salz River with the Salzerkammergut mountains in the distance

St. Peter's Cemetery, where in the movie they hide from the Nazi's after singing Edleweis in the nearby theatre

All the gates are locked today - hard to hide in these days, and not a real part of the story, if my sources are correct (I am only on chapter 4 of The Story of the Van Trapp Family!)

Hellbrun garden gazebo (I am 16 going on 17!)