Day 88 - "The hills are alive......" Salzburg I

Today marks the first day of travelling for Shiyang. In the morning, we took a ride to Südbahnhof (South Train Station) to catch a train to Salzburg. Turns out we're at the wrong train station. We're suppose to go to Westbahnhof (West Train Station). Stupid us. Salzburg is at the west of Wien what.

My ticket with its ticket sleeve

In our cozy compartment that sits six.

Soon we arrive at Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart. Old Salzburg is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Salzburg is also popularised by "The Sound of Music" movie.

"The Hills are alive......"

So it aren't surprising that Mozart and "The Sound of Music" are the two most commercialised place in Salzburg. We checked into our hostel and began our walk around Salzburg.

Salzach River, the river that runs through Salzburg

Mozart's Statue at Mozartplaz

Glockenspiel

Salzburger Dom, the main cathedral of Salzburg

Inside the Salzburger Dom

Have no idea what's this building

We went around St Peter Cathedral and St Peter Cemetry (which we later found out was one of the site of "Sound of Music"). After which, we proceed to Festung Hohensalzburg, a old fortress.

Mozart chocolate balls - what has Mozart got to do with chocolate balls?

Even more commercialisation of Mozart

View of Old Salzburg from the Fortress.

Nature's Spotlight

Sunset, while waiting for the night view

Our shadows as the spotlight on the fortress was turned on

Where's the lights on the landmarks of Salzburg?

Oh wait....the spotlight is shining in our direction. That means we are on the wrong side to see the Night view. =.=

Dusk

The fortress

Went back to our hostel, where they were playing "The Sound of Music". Realise that quite a few of the locations we went to today were used for the movie. As for Shiyang, he finally found out that "The Hills are alive...." song used in "Moulin Rouge" is from "The Sound of Music". -.=

Spotted this in our hostel. Yoho is the name of our hostel by the way.