Salzburg, Austrian Alps, Austria
Sunday, July 17, 2011
We arrived in Salzburg and went to check out the town. Salzburg's downtown is pretty small, so it was quick to walk everywhere (and we didn't get lost! - too much). We went to the Residenz - the Archbishop's Palace and saw decorated rooms from the 18th and 19th century. There was also an art gallery with an exhibition about the Alps (they had a map of the Alps viewed from the North that showed all the mountains - including places we're going to visit!) and also a collection of historic paintings. Then we walked through the gardens at Schloss Mirabell and then up a big, steep hill (Kapuzingerberg) to get a great view of Salzburg and the mountains around it. It started to rain, so we headed home, but it was a great first day there.
