We arrived in Salzburg, Austria this morning at about 11:30am, after a 2 hour train ride from Innsbruck. We are seeing a lot of reserved seats on the trains here in Austria (as opposed to Switzerland). We have been lucky so far without them, in fact today sat in an enclosed 4 seat area (private rooms) on the train and made a friend; Matteus from Vienna, who was in Bern for one of the soccer games. We may meet up with him in Vienna for dinner; he is in the catering business, and told us a lot about living in Austria and Vienna.
As soon as we arrived we had about a 10 minute walk to our hotel Hotel Bergland, which we love so far. Very sheik, and big and clean rooms (also free WiFi, so I can blog again :)). Another great thing 
about this hotel, is that we were able to sign up immediately for the 2pm Sound of Music tour and the bus picked us up directly from the hotel, which was great. The 4 hour tour (bus tour with various stops), was a lot of fun. Our tour guide Peter was a rip, we thought he was gay, but he is apparently married, he was very funny and a great tour guide. We visited many of the spots used in the filming of the movie, including Mirabell Gardens, at the very end.
Afterward we were starving, so we hit an Italian place in Old Town called Il Sole, Court had a pizza and I enjoyed a calzone, very good. After that we had a nice stroll down Getreidegasse in Old Town, but most of the shops were closed for the day, so we will be heading back there tomorrow. Lots of cool stores; including an Easter Egg shop with thousands of hand decorated eggs, and a Christmas Store. We are looking forward to a good nights sleep and to see what the breakfast is like here at the Bergland. Auf Wiedersehen!
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