Salzburg, Austria

We went to Salzburg for the day after leaving Zell Am See. It was a really beautiful town and I didn't really know much about it other than Mozart and The Sound of Music are associated with it. Well, that just goes to show you why traveling to historic European towns is a good history lesson for me.


An overall view of Salzburg from the Salzburg fortress. Man, if only the sun could have been out on our trip!


Our first stop was through the Mirabell Gardens at the Mirabell Palace. In the winter nothing is in bloom, but we could still check out the statues and fountains. Here is the Pegasus Fountain made by Kaspar Glas in 1661.


Here are some neat twig branches in the garden. Really, everything else was covered in snow.


The Holy Trinity Church by architect Fischer von Erlach built from 1694-1703. Of course more modern times make it hard to get a good picture with all of the cables running in front of it.


The Hohensalzburg Fortress. The largest and best preserved fortress in Europe (started building in 1077). Sorry, I keep adding historical names and dates so I can remember and not just say "oh yeah, another really old church or castle".