Woke up at 6am and decided to go hunting for a coffee and bite of breakfast while Mike hung out in the room. Sat and had a really gross pastry here.
Since we were traveling light it was time to do laundry. We Ubered to a a little laundromat on the other side of the river and spent an hour or so doing the wash and playing Hive.
We checked in on the idea of whether or not it was worth it to spend a couple of hours doing laundry in the middle of our trip. Traveling light has become a bit dogmatic for me so it seemed like a good time to question the belief. Mike reminded me of all of the quick train transfers we had the previous day and what a pain it would have been to try to do that with heavy or more luggage than we currently had. He was right. Packing light and doing laundry in the middle of a two week vacation, totally worth it.
Plus putting our luggage in the overhead area on the trains would be impossible with bigger bags!
Laundry done, check. We headed back to the room to drop off the clothes and strike out to see a few sights.
Mike was getting hungry so we grabbed a bite here.
A ham and cheese sandwich, a shot of espresso and a Mozartkugel later and we were ready for a nap. I wanted to see a few more sights but Mike thought we’d see plenty on our Sound of Music tour. He was so right!
That’s right, The Sound of Music tour. There are dozens of SOM bus tours in town but we decided to do Fraulein Maria’s bike tour.
I rode Rolf while mike rose Sister Marietta.
The 3 1/2 hour bike tour took us all over Salzburg to see filming site from the film. The Bikes has laminated flip cards with screen shots from the movie to compare to the actual sites. For example:
And…
Our guide Hemma was wonderful and really loved her city. Did I mention it was a 3 1/2 hour tour? With the exception of one uphill slog to reach the Abbey it was a smooth ride and a great way to see Salzburg.
Wait, you say. This church wasn’t in Sound of Music! Correct. But the church was in the graveyard that inspired the graveyard from Sound of Music where the family hid from the Nazis.
See the little tiny yellow house on the hill in the picture above? Here, I’ll circle it for you.
That’s where we are biking to!
Seeing the various film sights was fun but riding through the city center and across the countryside was a joy. The weather was just perfect for the ride, too.
The front of the house and the back of the house are two different houses in different locations. Hollywood magic. The image above is where Maria first enters the house.
Can I just say how much fun it was to watch my husband let himself geek out on this tour? Everyone else was so afraid to sing and good off in movie poses. Not Mike. He reveled in it. I just love him. ❤️
What a great tour! I’m so glad we did this. And we got stickers, so, win-win.
We strolled back across the river via the foot bridge that we’d crossed twice on bikes.
We walked through Old Salzburg and ended up at a little restaurant right by our hotel.
We had a great dinner. Yummy pizza and a big salad with huge shrimp. The cute waiter turned out to be the owner. He and his family own three of the restaurants in Salzburg and this one is his baby.
Exhausted from the day and bellies full it took no time to fall asleep. “So long, fair well, auf wiedersehen, good bye, the sun has gone to bed and so must I. Good night.”
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