Thursday, October 18, 2007

Austria

INNSBRUCK


All that could be seen of the surrounding countryside


Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof), built on behalf of Emperor Maximilian I


Building on the main tourist street


Cool lookin' butterfly


Statue on a fountain in a town square


The tomb of Maximilian I inside the Hofkirche


Most effeminate knight ever?


Gimli?

SALZBURG


Walking to the Salzburg Old Town


Hohensalzburg Fortress, above the Old Town


View from Hohensalzburg Fortress


Mozart, one of two reasons people go to Salzburg (the other reason is the Sound of Music)


Garden at Schloss Mirabell


Statue in the Garden of Dwarves


Another statue, which was featured in Sound of Music


Leopoldskron Castel, seen in Sound of Music when the kids fall into the lake


Glass pavilion, another Sound of Music sight


Mondsee Cathedral, where the Sound of Music wedding takes place


Inside the cathedral


Red Bull headquarters


View on the drive to Mondsee


Old Town at sunset


Looking the other direction

VIENNA


St. Stephen's Cathedral


Inside St. Stephen's Cathedral


Vienna's Mozart statue


Hofburg Palace


Rathaus, during the opera film festival


Another church


Schloss Schonbrunn


The Schonbrunn gardens


Schonbrunn's backyard

1 comment:

Debra Kapellakis said...

I have a friend who lives in Salzburg. I haven't been there. I have seen a few of her photo's. Yours are incredible and make me want to go there even more now. :)