Our flight was thankfully uneventful. We drove down through Bavaria and saw much snow. I never realized how optimistic I am - the one thing I did not prepare for was snow. Salzburg is a lovely city - population 150,000. We are staying in the castle where parts of the Sound of Music were filmed. It does look just like the movie but the dimensions are considerably smaller. They used the views of the back of the castle (schloss) where the captain and Maria danced and the gardens where so much occurred. The ballroom was also used. The gazebo was removed from this site because of so many tourists. It was relocated to what they call a pleasure palace and gardens nearby. The dimensions surprised me as it is much smaller than it appeared on screen
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