Extra cheese in Salzburg...

Yes, I went on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg. We visited the palaces that are used as the their house (the photo below is the one used in all the lake scenes) and the avenue of trees where they played dressed in their curtain clothes and also the park where they danced around on the day they learnt to sing. I loved the movie and I was very excited about the tour but I have to say that it was a little too cheesy for me. It was however a good chance to drive around Salzburg, hear some interesting trivia about the movie but when the whole bus started singing 'Climb Every Mountain' (yes - this DID happen) I chose to sink as low as possible in my seat and put on my sunglasses. I look happy below and I was happy - I was on holiday but I also decided to try and be as inconspicuous as possible. This was the sort of tour that they might well have picked the quiet one to lead the singing for 'My Favourite Things'!

I don't regret going but take my experience as a warning!!

As a city, Salzburg is very beautiful and after the tour I wandered around the old town and enjoyed the atmosphere. There is a music festival there at the moment so there was a good atmosphere. At the hostel I met some really nice canadian girls and we had dinner and ended up sharing a taxi to the station the next day because I decided to go on to Innsbruck!