Being a Sunday, students were able to have a free am and either sleep in or partake in a leisurely am. Many rented bikes from the hotel and road along the Salzbach River or hiked up to the castle and monastery. Many also wandered through town and took in a nice cafe and ice cream.
We attempted to have a group picnic at 1pm at the Mirabell Gardens, where one scene from the Sound of Music took place, but were moved to take shelter under an archway of the Mirabell Palace as a freak rainstorm hit us. Luckily it passed by in ten minutes and the sun was out again and shining bright and hot for our Sound of Music tour.
From 2 pm to 6pm, students were on board one of the ubiquitious Sound of Music Tour buses replete with a tour guide dressed in typical Austrian clothing and a bus driver that honked at the right points in a Sound of Music song and also sang high notes. We travelled throughout Salzburg and the nearby lake district to look at many of the sights from the movie as well as actual places where the von Trapp family lived. From the gazebo to the church where Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummber took their vows, we saw it all. While many did not like being in the herd of 40 other tourists on a big bus, at least we were able to see the drop dead gorgeous mountain lakes and scenery and sing along at the same time.
Students are off on their own now at dinner and will be back here shortly to pack and get ready for our departure to Vienna tomorrow. I will post more photos tomorrow. More updates soon! Tschus!
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