Day 11
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Salzburg, Austria
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Giant chess game in Salzburg |
This is our last full day in Salzburg, Austria.
What a beautiful city.
The weather is sunny and clear today so we
went back to Berchtesgaden
to see the Eagle’s Nest.
We’re so lucky
to have sunny skies and good visibility on our bus ride up to the Eagle’s
Nest.
After the bus drops us off, we
walk through a 407-foot tunnel which leads to an elevator that goes up 407 feet
to the summit.
What a beautiful view
from “on top of the world”.
There are
various restaurants to eat at with unbelievable views.
We walk the remaining incline where we stop
and take our pictures of Berchtesgaden and Konigssee Lake.
It was sad to leave Berchtesgaden. It is such a lovely town. We drive back to Salzburg and find our way to the Hohenzollern
Fortress (looks like a castle overlooking the city). We take a funicular up to the fortress and
spend several hours sightseeing. We’ve
done a lot of walking today, but decide to walk down the mountain instead of
taking the funicular down (Pat in her sandals).
With tired feet, we go back to our hotel room to rest before going to
our Mozart dinner concert.
The Mozart dinner concert is a highlight of our trip so
far.
We take a taxi from our hotel to
the restaurant, the Stiftskeller St. Peter, which has the distinction of being
the oldest restaurant in Salzburg,
dating back to 803 AD.
Our dinner, which
is prepared according to 18
th century recipes, is served during the
intermissions.
The Amadeus Consort is an
ensemble consisting of two opera singers and five musicians, all dressed in
period costume.
The three-part program
comprises the most popular arias and duets from the operas The Magic Flute, Don
Giovanni, and the Marriage of Figaro, as well as movements from Mozart’s
Divertmenti and A Little Night Music.
The night was enchanting.
We sat
at a table with 5 other people who were part of a tour from England.
Mike was trying to converse with a man from
northern England who sounded
more like he was from Scotland
and was difficult to understand.
Scenes of Obersalzburg, Germany
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407-foot tunnel leading to the Eagle Nest elevator |
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Hitler's Eagle Nest |
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Looking north toward Salzburg, Austria from the Eagle's Nest |
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View of Berchtesgaden, Germany from the Eagle's Nest |
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View of Konigssee Lake from the Eagle's Nest |
Scenes of Salzburg, Austria
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Salzach River running through Salzburg with Hohenzollern Fortress (background) |
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View from Hohenzollern Fortress |
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View of Salzburg from the Hohenzollern Fortress |
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