Day 24 Bike Tour of Salzburg

Day 24 (Sept. 26th) - Yesterday, we tried to burn off our calories from the day before by taking Fraulein Maria's Sound of Music/Salzburg bike tour.


Instead of Fraulein Maria, our tour guide was a university age student with an ear ring.  It was a great day for a bike ride--sunny in the low 70s.  Elizabeth and I rode a jerry rigged tandem bike.  Poor Renae was stuck with bike that was really tough to ride.

Bike Tour starts near Mirabelplatz

Renae and Sarah testing their bikes

Monestary from the movie and where the real Maria was married

Back of the house from the movie.  It's now used by Harvard for its summer  program  

Busler Family on the SOM Bike Tour

Tandem bike used by Ben and Elizabeth

Girls in front of the famous pavillon from the movie (now at Schloss Hellbrunn)

Another spot from the movie-Schloss Mirabell

Renae and the girls at the gate in Schloss Mirabell

Our guide recommended that we have lunch at the Augustiner Monestary and Brewery.  However, it didn't open until 3 p.m., so we grabbed lunch at Bio Burger, an all organic hamburger stand.  We learned that over half of all the vegtables grown in Austria are organic.

Lunch at Bio Burger

Bio Burger store front

After lunch, we went back to Getreidegasse Strasse.  Rick Steve's recommended in his travel book the homemade schnaps and liquours at Sporer's.  We tried a apricot, cocoa nut & peppermint liquor. Renae and the girls got an ice cream down the street.  The girls were excited to see a Claires store.

Ben looking at the options

Ben trying the apricot liquor

Sporer store front

We ended the afternoon with a visit to Mozart's house, where we watched a 1/2 hour video on his life.  I didn't realize that his father made him and his sister tour all over Europe to perform.