So Day 1 – We explored the old town. It is so beautiful and there are a crazy number of shops. As Easter Monday is public holiday we couldn’t be tempted by the shops but we chimed on a guided tour, looked through churches, snuck into the city hall, walked through markets, window shopped and had a delicious heiße Schokolade (hot chocolate) in what mum would call a “cute as” cafe. My favourite moment of the day was a bowl of goulash on the Hotel Stein rooftop. The panoramic views were incredible.
Day 2 – Mum was uber excited as the Sound of Music tour approached. We had breakfast at a cute cafe – I had delicious open sandwiches and a Zotter trinkschokolate – after having been to the factory I am pretty hooked. We spent the morning walking through the Mirabell Gardens that are divine and were used for “Do-Re-Mi” in the movie. I introduced mum to Billa – the corner shop chain and we bought up on snacks – Milka included of course. I then took mum to Zara – needless to say she loved it and bought the prettiest white jacket – I am of course hoping I get to borrow it in the not too distant future. Now I must say before I go on that I have been pretty negative regarding the whole Sound of Music tour situation, although I seemed to have now changed my mind. Yes the tour was tacky and our tour guide corny but we saw the most beautiful places - lakes, villages and of course many of the locations in the movie. (Leopold’s Crown Palace-Glass Gazebo-Frohnberg Castle-Mozart Foot Bridge-Residence Square-Nonnberg Abbey-St Peter’s Abbey-Hedge Covered Archways-Wedding Church in Mondsee-Untersberg Mountain) It felt like you had jumped into Maria’s world and I loved it. We had dinner at an Italian restaurant – such cuteness and went to bed early to watch, “The Time Traveller’s Wife” wishing we had more time to spend in this beautiful city.
Day 3 aka heute (today) we had our final morning. We walked up the river banks for the hundredth time – I could never tire of such beauty and we took an elevator up to Mönchsberg – the woods on a cliff which houses three castles and museum. We walked around the top taking in the most magnificent views and stumbled upon one of the castles. Now a five star hotel, this place was out of a fairytale. We sat out the front and drank coffee in amazement at this hidden gem. Mum grabbed brochures with plans to convince Dad to take her there. I on the other hand can only dream. We begrudgingly headed back to the hotel and checked out realising we could’ve spent a week here if we had more time. However, we are a few hours out of Prague now after an interesting trip thus far. We have been on two trains and a bus due to track work but we are finally making some ground now. I am so excited to see this place I have heard so much about! Tschau...
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