The Hills are Alive!

I spent most of the weekend in Salzburg, which is a cute little city nestled between two hills (at least, the old part of town is cute, but I think they made sure it looked like that for tourists). Unfortunately, the weather has left something to be desired. Monday, for instance, the only hours that it wasn't pouring buckets was between 10:00AM and 2:00PM.

Considering that I spend most of my time walking through cities, the weather didn't work so well with my unplanned plans. Instead I stayed at the hostel for most of the afternoon and evening and had a full warm meal and watched 'The Sound of Music' for the third time in three days.

It's a great musical, actually.

Florence and Venice

Florence!


David.

The Gold Bridge

Some of Florence's beautiful churches, most of which I only saw from the outside.




Venice!

Feeding the pigeons on San Marcos square.

San Marcos by night!



Tempting...
The Adriatic

Grüß Gott!

Photos from Vienna:

Former Empress Maria Theresa
Austrian Parlament

Viennese Town Hall. It's hard to see in the photo, but the window sills are filled with white and red flowers.
The Hundertwasser Haus. It looks even more amazing in person.
The Hoffburg
St. Peters Kirche in Vienna, where I've been going every day to hear the free organ concerts.
Volksgarten.
The Danube
Schloss Schönbrunn


Some of the imperial silver. Why they needed so many plates/spoons/knives/soufflé pans is beyond me.
One of the museums.

Grüße aus Wien!

All I can give are my greetings. I´ve only been in Vienna for the past hour. The last week in Italy has been great. I met up with some people I´ve become friends with, seen some beautiful cities, and eaten great food. I already know I´m going to miss the warm weather (even if it was a little too warm at times).

Here is my basic Italy analysis (in case you were planning your own trip):

• Rome has better ice cream than Venice or Florence, and it´s better when you get away from the tourist areas.
• Venice has better Trampozzinis
• Salmon and potatoes go very well together. Actually, so does Salmon and virtually everything in Italy.
• If you´re under 26 visit Venice for three days.
• Be prepared to have a stiff neck after walking through Rome.

Up next: Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, and maybe Stuttgart. And maybe pictures.