The rain followed us from Bavaria to Salzburg.  We booked a family room at a hotel which made Raleigh very happy to have “double decker beds.”  He said he was going to meditate while the girls read.  I asked what he was meditating on and he responded, “I’m concentrating on becoming a master ninja.”  Me-“What makes you a master?” Raleigh- “Well a master is a…..he actually…….uh……I don’t know, I have to ask my cousin, Ashton, when I get back to Beatrice because he’s 9 and he’s smarter than me.”

We only had a few days in the city so into the rain we ventured.  Our first stop was the Lovers Lock Bridge of Old Town.  Thousands of inscribed locks with the names of lovers and the date they locked it up and threw the key into the river, so very romantic.  Nope, didn’t do it.

Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart and The Sound of Music.

 

 

 

The narrow streets with clean tall buildings and high end shops all seemed to lead to the same large area with tourists, horse carriages, vendors and a chess game. We were so thankful for a great little Italian place that was tucked away in a narrow passageway.

This street couple had us puzzled for about 10 minutes as we gawked and wondered about how he was staying afloat.  There were no strings attached.  We analyzed it enough to finally understand it.

 

 

Next stop……The Salt Mines.  We got to put on these groovy miner uniforms before taking the train, deep into the mine

After taking the miner slides which consisted of a piece of smooth wood that you straddled, kept your heals up and leaned back and whoosh, we ended up 210 meters below ground.  This equals 3000 tons of pressure per square inch!  Salt was considered white gold and is till mined today.

Later in the day we were in need of some sunshine and visited this beautiful lake in the Berchtesgaden, where Papa Frank and Grandma Jani visited in 1956.  We were hoping to see the General Walker Hotel that Papa had spoken fondly of, only to find out it had been demolished in 2000.  It was among the grandest of hotels in all of Europe and used by Hitler’s SS.