Beth and I woke up the next morning (Happy 4th of July!) weary of the weather- there was a 60% chance of rain all day. My dad texted me the night before saying that that means there's a 40% chance that it won't. Well, we were still preparing for the worst. After breakfast at the hostile, I discovered Frauline Maria's Bike tours, where we would ride around to see 20 locations from the movie. It was also half the price of a bus tour, you saw more and got to get closer to them. We booked the afternoon one and then decided to walk around the town. Salzburg is the cutest little town. It was very sweet and relaxing compared to the business of Prague and Munich- a great last stop. We made our way back to the train station as well so I could purchase a ticket back home and then at lunch at a delicious place. We had a knerolde (or something like). It's an Austria speciality- sort of like a large gnocci or dumping- and one of my favorite things I have eaten so far.
Then it was time for our Sound of Music bike tour. We saw so many things- the horse fountain, the arch where Kurt tells Leisel he's to busy to see her anymore, the covenant and the church where the real Maria was married, the front and back of the house (they used two separate homes), the lake, the gazebo and the locations for the do re mi song as well as a lot more. We rode through the city as well as some very pretty countryside. I am so glad we did this. Beth also agreed that it was so fun. We never would have found all the locations on our own and it was fun to ride a bike too!
We finished the night at an Austrian beer garden- the Augustineer. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day where we didn't even have a drop of rain! My dad was right!
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