Salzburg (part one)

We finished up Munich and are now in Salzburg, Austria.

Getting used to the foreign country thing wasn’t too rough on the parents, but there were a few incidents. When I left them alone for thirty minutes, my mom put her Visa card into a machine that she thought was an ATM. It was actually a machine that sells parking passes. We are not certain, but we think she didn’t actually buy one. (In her defense, an ATM is called a Geldautomat here–not exactly obvious).

Today we are taking the Sound of Music tour which Dad thinks will be silly. I was skeptical too, but our guide book insists that it’s a good tour of the area.

I think my dad is more interested in the Eagle’s Nest tour that would take us up to Hitler’s mountain retreat. This summarizes the different interests of my parents. My dad is more interested in places involving great atrocities, wars, and anywhere that Hitler spoke, stood, or sneezed. Mom is more into pretty buildings and mountains.

One big exception was Dachau’s concentration camp. Mom was interested in that and gave the place a thorough looking over.