so very pretty

The hills are alive with the sound of music . . . Salzburg!

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December 13th 2008
(December 7th) Salzburg was by far our briefest stay. We attempted to come in a day earlier to get our normal two-day fill, but alas Saturday was all booked up. So here we are coming in on a Sunday night expecting to enter into a nice, quiet, peaceful little mountainside town. Getting into the taxi, we couldn’t even drive down the street. People were everywhere! Apparently Salzburg is full ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more