Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Hills Are Alive...

The Abbott's love a 4 day weekend!! In a recent weekend we went to Salzburg Austria.
The snow capped mountains were beautiful and the frozen waterfalls and icicles were amazing.

This is a picture of the Salzburg Cathedral. It was here that we were trying to teach our children about architecture, telling them that the architecture in this city is Baroque...to which Aubrey responded "Oh that is sad that all the people here are poor" She thought we said "broke". It does sound similar :)



Salzburg is famous as the home of Mozart. This is the house where he was born. Alysse had definitely had enough...amazing you can sleep in a stroller on cobblestones.

Tyler and Katelyn in front of the Salzach River. This river separates the old town and the new town. The new town was rebuilt after WWII. The old town survived WWII. Behind Katelyn and Tyler is the old town.

This is a picture of the Hohensalzburg Fortress. It sits magnificently atop a hill. We had such a great visit. This is truly a fun city to explore. We are hoping to go back in the summer with Grandma and Grandpa Byers and take the "Sound Of Music" tour and see Eagle's Nest.