DAY 3 - SALZBURG 
OLD TOWN

It was raining off and on all day. At this time it was overcast and a little damp.
Up there is the Hohensalzburg Fortress. Thankfully, there is a tram that goes up the side of the hill. Otherwise I don't know that I would have made it. It was hard enough on my dodgy left knee just walking down.


The view from the top back down toward the old town.
This is a well or something.
BOOM! Looking out over a cannon.
If I remember correctly, this is called the Golden Chamber.
This is the Majolica Stove. It would have been used for heating. It is adorned with all sorts of decorative ceramic tiles.
This is the bed chamber.
The loo. This is where the high and mighty would make plop-plops.
An excavation of a mediaeval heating stove dating back to the early 14th century.
Some of the other buildings that are part of the fortress.


A view on the way down. That's Untersberg in the distance on the right.
The Hohensalzburg Fortress is one of Europe's best preserved. Construction started in 1077 and was expanded several times over the ensuing centuries. It rarely came under attack. One time in particular was when the townspeople tried to oust Prince Archbishop Cardinal Matthäus Lang during the Peasants' War in 1525.
The interior of the Stiftkirche St. Peter or St. Peter's Abbey Church.
This is the altar. The church was founded in 696 AD by St. Rupert. His tomb is located here.
This is the organ up in the balcony. The church is also where Mozart premiered his Mass in C Minor in 1783. 
Just outside the church is a cemetery. That building is Margarethenkapelle. There are supposed to be catacombs that are open to the public, but I couldn't find them.
The Peterskeller restaurant is in the old abbey at St. Peter's. It is supposedly the oldest restaurant in Europe, founded in 803. See, the sign over the archway says it.
Salzburg is the city of Mozart. All over town you can buy Mozartkugeln. They are chocolate balls with marzipan and chocolate nougat inside. They are quite good. I bought some at this shop dedicated solely to the little gems.
In a nearby churchyard was this grave of some of Wolfgang's kinfolk.
This is where the little genius was born.
There is a museum inside, but it's not all that good. Some artist has done up the rooms in weird ways. For example, the first room here is lit in blue light with a crib spotlighted in white. It was actually kind of creepy.
This one was the better of the two Mozart museums. This was the Mozart family residence from 1773 until 1787.
There were discs on the wall with humorous depictions of things. Yes, the one in the upper right is a man kissing someone's ass.
This photo was taken shortly before a fellow came and told me I can't take photos in the museum. The building was struck by a bomb on October 16, 1944 and 2/3 of the building was destroyed. Reconstruction back to the old plan from the 18th century began in 1994.
This was the last one I took. It is an old piano that Mozart may or may not have ever played. Mozart did write many works in this house.
The house is on the Makartplatz.
Just to prove that I was actually in Austria.
The Residenz, consisting of 180 rooms and three courtyards. The prince archbishops of Salzburg pretty much ran the place from these buildings.
Horses lined up in the rain.
Salzburg is also the city of the von Trapp family from The Sound of Music. This is the nunnery where Maria was before she went to work for Captain von Trapp.
Just how do you solve a problem like Maria anyway?
This is part of the Mirabellgarten which is adjacent to the Mirabell Palace.
It was in the Mirabellgarten that the lovely and talented Julie Andrews and the kids danced around singing "Do Re Mi".
I don't think the nuns would approve of this establishment. Why are these places always located around train stations? If you are looking for more than just erotica, this is your place. I don't know what the "more" is. Maybe household goods.

DAY 4 - MUNICH