Love, May Xx: Road Trip - Summer 2011 (Salzburg, Austria)

From Munich.. We drove to Salzburg (I think I was sleeping most of the way ;) ) The hills are alive... With the sound of Music... anyone?!

We stayed here for 3 nights and rain kept following us during our trip. Our first evening there was to attend a Mozart Dinner Concert (3 course dinner) at Stiftskeller St Peters, which claims to be the oldest restaurant in Europe - even the Mozart's family had dinner there! The four of us got our own private table (thank gawd, as I would hate to share a table and pretend fake chit chats with some strangers..)

The concert is performed in three parts. They were all dedicated to some of Mozart's famous operas and were performed before each course of meal. They were Don Giovanni, Le Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) & Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A little Night Music). These bring back some fond memories of when I was studying piano and having to learn by heart some of Mozart's written works (for my theory exams) back during my childhood!

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Hello! It's me!

S & his parents

Picture on the ceiling

The Baroque Hall

The string ensemble and one of the male opera singer

The performers

After the performance of Don Giovanni, which was lighthearted, but slightly confusing as there were only 2 opera singers and the male was playing 2 different parts, we finally got to devour our 1st course:

Entree - Cream of Riesling with Venus Mussels and Crayfish. Slightly lukewarm, but really delicious - creamy and yummy little critters swimming in there

Then we sat listening to The Marriage of Figaro before being rewarded with the main course:

Main - Fillet of beef with creamy polenta and zucchini-sherry-tomato-compote and portwine glace

The beautiful ceiling again

Last but not least, the dessert:

Desser - Not too sure what it's called..

It's some sort of egg like pastry, like meringue but not quite, served with berries compote. Wasn't really to my liking - too sweet and too egg-y!

On our 2nd day we did a city and boat tour, where we were driven around the city and were pointed out different landmarks of Salzburg.. After finishing the bus and boat tour, we were left to explore the city by ourselves...

Stopped by a lake

and watched a father and son fed some ducks

So peaceful and calm

Going past some more scenic routes

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And finally a boat cruise around, where we were told the residence of one side of the bank were lots richer than the other bank

Walking towards the famous Mirabell Garden & Park

Entrance to the park

Found a photographer just round the corner! =D

The fountain, and the HK Children's choir in the background (The Salzburg Music Festival were on when we were there)

Pegasus Fountain which is made of copper

He was featured in "The Sound of Music" where Maria and the von Trapp children sang "DoReMe"

Walking towards our hotel

Another church

Poster!

Passing past the garden

Mozart's Birth House - which we entered, but were not allowed to take any pictures.

Christian Doppler! (If you like The Big Bang Theory!!) - The Doppler Effect, remember??

Mozart's Residential Home which is now the museum

Clock Tower

Doing a bit of shopping around the shopping district - My swan teapot and cup & saucer set is in there! Yay!

Lederhosen - the short or long?? This is the German's traditional leather breeches. So cute!

Cathedral Square - The Salzburg Music Festival was starting on the day we arrived

Getreidegasse - Known as Grain Lane is a busy shopping district located in the old town

Man playing on the didjeridoo, pretty good too!

St Peter's Abbey - One of the oldest monasteries in the German speaking area

Inside St Peter's Abbey

A group of performers performing during the Salzburg Music Festival

Hohensalzburg Castle - Festung Hohensalzburg (German), literally "High Salzburg Fortress", definitely a must to get up there as the view of the city is absolutely breathtaking