A bit of balance to our visits

Recently in Northern Italy we visited key Motorsport locations, places which certainly fired the imagination in the male participants of the trips. And so the balance was addressed today in quite the antithesis of those trips. After a beautiful breakfast with our hosts Mathias and Ursula (although Mathias had to leave early) we made our cold way to meet with the 'Sound of Music' tour bus. After a short jog ensued to ensure we synchronised our meetings, the bus took us around various film locations that are integral to the film. The warmth on the bus meant that our multi layers had to be gradually undone.

The main house was passed where key scenes were filmed. In fact we passed this upon arrival to Salzburg but never realised it was there!

As the bus rounded Salzburg, the weather never managed to lift from the grey that it started, and our first departure from the 'hop on hop off' bus meant that the layering up process had to begin. 

Upon arrival into the main city centre we crossed the river Salzach and entered the main town centre. We were greeted by the statue of Mozart. Bringing balance to the Sound of Music was Mozart standing in the main square. We followed the superb streets of the centre down to Mozart's birthplace. A large building in the centre, that is a little spoilt by the Spar shop beneath it selling Mozart chocolate!

A reasonably short walk took us to the 'Do Re Mi' scene on the steps. This was re-enacted in front of whoever seemed to be passing. And so our day continued seeing 'famous' scenes in the grey and the cold, but a good day was had and balance was restored!