The Hills are Alive

While we are so close to many dreamy travel destinations, we want to take advantage of as many as possible.  Salzburg, Austria, is less than 2 1/2 hours away so we headed there for our Labor Day weekend.   

This is the bed and breakfast where we finally found a last minute room. B&B's are actually cheaper than hotels here. "Ms. Elfie's", as Seth called it, was simple, without knickknacks (great for small explorers), and with a delicious breakfast.

A great view of the city. The fortress, Hohensalzburg Castle, over the city was built in 1077.

  

Seth listening intently on our castle tour. Really, he did. Vic slept.

Beautiful buildings.

The birthplace of Mozart.

Also the home to delicious treats. Ahh! the desserts.

Pretzels everywhere. "Brezel"

Fun swings in this playground tucked in among all the historical sites. I'm sure many kiddos are thankful for the diversion from castles, gardens, and churches. Each little section had opera or classical music pumped in for all to hear.

Just a cute picture of Vic.

 

The Salzburg zoo... It was pretty warm and the end of the day, so we weren't that into it. We think there must be fewer lawyers because there was much less concern for safety than in the U.S, safety for us, the onlookers, that is. It was interesting, I guess.

For example, we were in the cage with this monkey, his monkey pals, and a giant iguana.

 

On our last morning we took a cable car up Untersberg Mountain, which overlooks the city. It was gorgeous but chilly.

View from Untersberg.

Seth's favorite part of the trip, the Museum of Natural History. He was scared of the dinos while we were there but couldn't stop talking about them after we left.

Lunch on the ride home. Salzburg is delicious.