Wow is it easy to loose track of days when you don't have work, meetings, class, obligations, and are on vacation (at least until the seminar starts on Friday)!! Today we had a walking tour at 9am and it was cold! It was drizzling all day until the afternoon. This cute old Austrian, Fred, gave us a tour and learned a lot about the city. Salzburg's economy is 80% based off of tourism and is barely effected by the downturn in the economy. There are also 46 churches in the city and 45 are Catholic! There is one Gothic church but mostly Baroque. The periods start from gothic influence to Renaissance to Baroque and then the Rococo. The Baroque churches are known for their more decorated towers with round shapes at the top versus the plain grey or black tall towers at the top of churches. We also say St. Peter's Cemetery and the University market. Afterwards we walked around the old town and went to the Mirabell Gardens, where the Sound of Music filmed a scene. There was a little maze made of tall green bushes and secret passage ways that were really fun to explore. There were also great sculptures of lions and unicorns. After the gardens we went to the Sacher Hotel where they make really famous chocolate cake and have been doing so for about two hundred years. Then we headed back to the hostel after being tired of walking around for hours. For dinner we went to a Mozart dinner and listened to his beautiful music played by a small orchestra and we had a great dinner with the whole group.
Will put up pictures soon!
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