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.
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Bike Tour starts near Mirabelplatz |
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Renae and Sarah testing their bikes |
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Monestary from the movie and where the real Maria was married |
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Back of the house from the movie. It's now used by Harvard for its summer program |
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Busler Family on the SOM Bike Tour |
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Tandem bike used by Ben and Elizabeth |
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.
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Lunch at Bio Burger |
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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.
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Ben looking at the options |
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Ben trying the apricot liquor |
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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.
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Hi, Busler fam!
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