on our way into austria we stopped in salzburg to climb the festung, a medieval fortress. in vienna, we stayed with a friend of ryan and eddie's who studied abroad at UNC their freshmen year. his name was lucas and he grew up in vienna. at the time he was doing publicity for the UEFA championships (the European World Cup for Soccer) since the games were being played in austria. we were able to watch the germany v. austria game in vienna and see the hapsburg summer house, among other things.
salzburg
literally means "salt castle". the name comes from this river, which was used to transport salt
view from festung
"the sound of music" takes place in salzburg
salzburg
the birthplace of mozart
hapsburg garden
you can see the festung off in the background
vienna
eating weiner schnitzel, of course... with our gracious host, lucas