Separate Post for Mozart and the Rest of Salzburg

There's more than the Sound of Music y'know...

So, the speed limit on the Autobahn here in Austria is like 95 mph.   So, this...

This is the exterior of the church used for the interiors for the wedding in The Sound of Music.  

The town of Mondsee is very lovely and charming.   Even if it was raining...

View from the windy road down on Mondsee (the lake, but a different town).

This is looking over the river Salzac toward the Altstadt and Hohensaltzburg fortress.

Another view across the river.  That ugly building is the modern art museum.

The narrowest house in Salzburg, similar to the narrowest house in London...I think this one is even smaller.   Didn't go in, so I'm not sure.

A bit of the Getreidegasse, the main shopping district of Altstadt.  Some of the hanging signs are extremely old...some are not so much.

This is the grave of Mozart's sister, in the monastery cemetery.    Since his grave in Vienna remains a mystery, this is the next best thing for many.

Horse drawn carriages are a tourist attraction that make Altstadt even more charming.

Everywhere you go, it's just so pretty...

So the solid color pink-ish house on the left is Mozart's residence after his family grew and they could no longer fit in the apartment he was born in.  the tan and white building is the birthplace of  Christian Doppler, the Austrian mathematician and physicist who discovered the Doppler Effect. 

This is Mozart's birthplace.   It is now a museum...which our tour guide did not recommend as there is not much there.  I took her word for it. 

The Mozart birthplace was the last stop on the tour.  We had two hours to kill before we met our ride home.   So...Christmas Market!!!  Awesome tree.

The market filled up the entire main square and spilled over to a smaller square to the side of it. 

Luckily, we were there after dark to get the full effect.  I had a late lunch of a crepe with tomatoes and arugula, followed by gluwein.

Proof I was there...post gluwein. 

This is Mozart Square, connected to the main square and the location of the skating rink. 

Much fun was had and our ride was a bit late due to a traffic accident.  Didn't mind much, because I had this to look at.