My first solo trip. Ever. In the home of The Sound of Music! By the time it actually rolled around, I had no nerves left because I just couldn’t wait to be my own boss and not have to discuss each day’s itinerary with someone else and hope we wanted to do the same thing! I love having a travel buddy but it was so much fun to step out of my comfort zone.
As a self-professed musical fanatic, I spent a lot of my research time for Salzburg on the various shooting locations for The Sound of Music and which ones I could visit myself (wow, reading this back makes me realise how lame I am). There are several tour companies that you can go on, but I decided to save the dosh and work it out myself as part of my solo-trip-new-found confidence. You could even say, I had confidence in me….. hehe
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| Mirabell Gardens (one of the most famous Sound of Music filming locations and beautiful to walk around) |
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| *The* Do Re Mi steps |
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| Schloss Leopoldskron – the Von Trapp house which is now a hotel that you can stay in! |
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| The Sound of Music gazebo at Hellbrunn Palace |
As you’ll find out in my Vienna post coming later this week, the two cities, though close together, are so different. If you have time, I would suggest visiting both because I got such different experiences from the two of them. They’re only a cheap and cheerful 2-hour bus journey apart so it’s really easy.
If I was going back to Salzburg, I would definitely do the day trip to Halstatt which is about 2 hours away. It looks incredibly picturesque and serene but I didn’t have quite enough time to go, which is all the more reason to head back soon…
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