Eternal Ice Caves, World´s Oldest Salt Mine, and Hallstadt

This is how the salt miners slid down from shaft to shaft.

This pic was taken from the cable car heading up to the salt mine at Hallstadt.

View inside the settlement.

This is one of the oldest settlements in Europe. It dates back 4500 years. I think it is called Hallstadt.

Castle for sale - 2.9 million euro.

Heading across the lake.

Austria has very good water.

The three of us...

Another flower for Seff.

Flower for Seff.

Typical Austrian house.

We walked through a village with a beautiful stream.

After leaving the ice caves we missed the bus and had to walk down the mountain...

Inside the ice cave. It is very cold inside - below freezing of course.

Just exited the ice cave.

Just about to walk up to the eternal ice caves.

In Marabella Gardens

Gazebo used in Sound of Music for song - 16 going on 17

Inside Salzburg Castle

More Salzburg pics

Medieval Puppets

21st Century Puppet

At Salzburg Castle

Von Trapp Familz home in the center of picture surrounded by trees

More Salzburg pics

This is Senai with a work of art called Upside Down Helicopter in a Public Place.

Why didn´t I think of that???

The kids with Mozart himself!!!

The church where Maria got married...

A fountain

Mozart´s birth home

The opera house where the Von Trapp family performed

View of the Salzburg castle from the river

Salzburg

Today we visited Salzburg (Austria). This is the birthplace of Mozart and where
The Sound of Music took place. This first pic is from the Marabella Gardens looking up to the Salzburg Castle.

The view from on high...

Staring off into the Alps...

Going Up!

Today we rode one of the steepest train rides in Europe. The train went up at about 45 degrees to a 1700 foot peak. There are some peaks over 3000 feet, but this was high enough!!!

The view going up...

Affolter´s and kids at the top.

Home in Austria

This is a pic of Roja Affolter´s family home. We are staying with Fritz, Roja, their children, and Roja´s parents. It is a beautiful 140 year old home at the foot of the Austrian Alps.

Small Chapel

This is the inside of an old church (built in 1614) that is on a hill just above where the previous pics were taken.