It's been a while since I posted so this one will be a little longer. After England, we drove to Austria. It was beautiful!!!! Our first day, we went to Innsbruck to walk around but it was raining so we went back to our apartment and chilled. When it stopped raining, Elizabeth, Nathan, Jonathan, and I went on a bike ride. That night we went to an Austrian restaurant. We tried to order tap water but the waitress didn't understand us and brought sparkling water :) Needless to say, we quickly learned how to ask for tap water in German (Leitungs Wasser). The next day, we went to Salzburg, famous for being Mozart's birthplace and residence for many years, as well as being the setting for the classic movie The Sound of Music. On our third day, we went to the Dachau prison camp. It was the first prison camp in Germany and served as a model for the others. It wasn't necessarily a "fun" day, but it was interesting to learn about it and see the place. On our fourth day in Austria we went to the Bieberwier Sommerrodelbahn (a luge and no it's not connected to Justin Bieber) and Neuschwanstein Castle. The luge was awesome and we all enjoyed it....that is until Jonathan (speed demon that he is) decided to push the lever (that controls the speed) all the way forward and not brake at all. Somewhere about a fourth of the way down he flipped going around a turn and got nicely banged up. He managed to make it the rest of the way down but he had multiple scrapes from the cement. Neuschwanstein Castle was really nice too. It's the castle that inspired the Disney castle. After Neuschwanstein, we went to eat dinner. The place was supposed to be a German restaurant but it turned out to be Italian. The food was great though (and the owner was super nice). Our final day in Austria we were planning to go to the Romantic Road in Germany, but it was too far, so we chilled at our apartment and watched Hogan's Heroes. I think Austria has been my favorite so far because it was so beautiful, the people were so friendly, and the pace was slightly more relaxed.
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| A fountain in Salzburg |
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| Our bike ride around the lake |
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| An old fort in Salzburg |
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| The cemetary that inspired the one in which the Von Trapps hid in The Sound of Music |
The sign on the gate into Dachau-Translation: Work makes free.
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| Neuschwanstein Castle |
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| Part of the luge track! |
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