So for my birthday week I ended up going to Salzburg twice. The Salzburg Music Festival is nearing its end, but the tourist and buskers are here in full force.
Mozart pointing to the ground and showing that he put this place on the map. His reward: having an old man with a guitar singing Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" badly underneath his statue
The Burg (i.e. fortress). From where I am standing I could here the lovely strains "My Heart Will Go On:" on electric violin with Muzak accompaniment played on a loud speaker
The driver is telling the passengers that "when you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything!"
When I was last here in March it was freezing and all the fountains were under glass pyramids. As my friend Wendy pointed out Salzburg really has a thing for horses.
Because I am cheap I refused to pay 10 euro to go up to the castle. You can take an elevator near the modern art museum for a fraction of that price and see the same views. While Wendy and Aaron went up in a funicular (seen here), I got a Melange (Viennese coffee, like a cappuccino and with whipped cream on top)
Waiting for W and A to come down from the burg, I stood by this fountain and pretended to be in Italy
I think this should just be a universal rule.
Last time I was here standing in this beautiful cemetary my feet had frozen to the ground.
Aaron taking pics in Mirabell Gardens
Yes it was much warmer than in March, still I had to wear a jacket in the middle of August. Oh Salzburg I think I love you.
These guys are featured in Sound of Music, like everything good in Salzburg.
When I went back on Sunday I was able to get a five euro ticket at the last minute to see an amazing program of Chopin (who I never liked until that moment) played by Maurizio Pollini. I am not ashamed to admit that I teared up a bit when he played the preludes. Life doesn't get much better than this.
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