The back of the house used as the von Trapp house in the Hollywood movie

Interestingly enough the front of the house and the back of the house are two different buildings, and the inside was actually all filmed in a studio! The lake in this picture is also the lake where the kids and Maria fall out of the boats.

The hills are alive, with the sound of...snoring?

September 29th 2007
I know it’s taken a while, but I’ve finally found a moment or two, amidst getting settled into my housing in Freiburg and starting uni to get back to my blog...So without further ado... I was unsure what to expect of my second Youth Hostel experience as I made my way 2 hours south of Munich to Salzburg, Austria, having had such an unusual experience the first time. However, as Veronika (oldes ... 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

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