Germany & Austria Trip

Greeting us in the morning is the non-stop raining. So we spend the morning in the shopping mall. The English novel pocketbook is quite expensive, costs around Euro 8-12 per book while in Thailand it would cost only USD 8 per book.

Finally we decide to drive to Hellbrunn, about 4 kilometers south of Salzburg. The Schloss Hellbrunn was built in the 17th century.

To see also a momento of the “Sound of Music” movie, we then walk to the end of the garden to this white glass pavilion which was reconstructed here. If any of you still remember, it was where the oldest Von Trapp child meeted her boyfriend before he joined the army. Now members of my group begins to suspect my motive to visit this town and can’t believe that I am that crazy to visit this place just for this simple small pavilion. (555 Actually, this is my second time to visit all these scenes in the film.)

Actually, the famous part of the schloss is the Wasserspiele section. It contains many ingenious trick fountains and water-powered figures. But we decide that it is no point to buy a ticket and get wet but couldn’t figure out any way whether it is the rain or the fountain that get us wet.
www.hellbrunn.at



Since my friends already figure out my purpose of today trip, I then ask them to stop at Leopoldskron Castle. The front exterior of the castle was used as the Trapp family home, the children were boating on the lake and fell into the water. The Venetian room was copied from this castle and used as the ballroom.




When we return to Salzburg, the rain stops so we decide to walk up to the Festung Hohensalzburg. The fortress provides the panorama town view. Here we meet another Thai group.



On walking up the hill toward the fortress, we pass the Abbey.

After so many days without spicy food, we decide to have Thai food for lunch at the latest Thai restaurant recommended by our new friends. But can’t find it since it has just been opened yesterday and our GPS data doesn’t have that information stored. (we don’t know the exact address). So I end up trying the chicken Kebab for the first time.