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.









12 comments:

Smith Family said...

Love the entire color scheme! What's next?? Adding video? :-)

The Abbott Family said...

Yeah, if you help me!! Video may take a week to upload :) Although what happened to my weather??

byers babes said...

These pics are great! I'm so proud of you Lisa for setting this blog up -- way to go! How exciting it will be to see you guys and your adventures.

Candace said...

Hooray! Glad to have you in the blog club. =) It'll be so fun keeping up with you and sharing pictures! Can't believe how grown up the kiddos are. Kaitlyn's just gorgeous! Makes me think of our nail painting days when she was younger. =)

Our blog is www.jasoncandace.blogspot.com. Check us out!

-Candace

Candace said...

p.s. When I was in high school, my choir did a tour in Germany and we stopped in Salzburg. That was my favorite!! And it brought back so many memories looking at your pictures 'cause I have poses in front of the same places! So fun. =)

The State of Our Family said...

WOW! Amazing!! We're so glad to be able to catch up with your cute family. Katelyn is so grown up. She looks a lot like you!

Marie said...

I loved Salzburg! It has been my favorite destination so far! I am excited you have a blog. Check ours out!

Vehar Family said...

I've been hoping you would create a blog so that we could see all of the exciting places you are able to visit! Hopefully we'll be able to make it there someday too. For now we'll just have to experience everything through your pictures!

Anonymous said...

Love the pics Lisa.

Wheres Kent? I don't see him in any of the pics. We need to go to Salzburg.

Anonymous said...

Or maybe Kent is just Taking the Pictures. If he is why couldn't I have thought about that.

The Stromberg Epic said...

So excited that you guys started a blog. I can't believe how much the kids have grown and Katelyn looks so much like you, wow! This will be fun to keep up with each other.

Jimmie Jan said...

Lisa that is sooo beautiful... you are getting some wonderful experiences there. I am so happy for you all, but a bit envious too I have not gone too many places.
keep posting pictures it is worth it to see you all.
Jimmie