Travel Log

The hills are alive with the sound of music. At least they are in and around Salzburg Austria. Salzburg is the city in the foothills of the Alps where both the real Von Trapp lived and where the magical “Sound of Music” motion picture was filmed. In fact, the locals are so proud of their connection to the motion picture that the official Sound of Music tour is still the most popular tour in the city even 30+ years after the film debuted. The hostel even shows the movie every night. I have to admit that a couple of Australians and I actually sat and watched the entire 3-hour movie the first night I was there. Granted we had several beers in the process but it was still a funny. I was originally going to do that tour but the guy at the front desk at the hostel warned me that it was mostly a bus tour with “out your left window you can see where…” so I skipped that adventure. But the motion picture is just one of many interesting things associated with Salzburg.