Salzburg
Lake Wolfgang
Mondsee Cathedral
The SOM tour ended at the Mirabell Castle n Gardens. The Mirabell castle was built by Prince-Archibishop, Wolf Dietrich,in 1606. Today the Palace accommodates the office of Salzburg's Bürgermeister(mayor) and the municipal administration. Just besides the castle is the Mirabellgarten (Mirabell Gardens). In SOM, Maria and the children were seen dancing around the statue of Pegasus, the winged horse, and throughout the gardens singing "Do-Re-Mi".
Me, a name I call myself, Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread, that will bring us back to Do
Doesnt that remind you of your rhyme singing, primary school days?
This is a nice place to take a break and if you like photography, you'll find many good spots. The garden enchants visitors with it's statues, fountains and elaboratly decorated flowerbeds.
The next day was reserved for exploring the old town of Salzburg (Alstadt), so we got ourselves this Salzburg Pass for €20. The pass allows travel on public transport and includes admission into many of the city's tourist attractions and usually comes out to be a good deal. The two day pass costs €27, so in case ur stay is gonna be longer u cd exercise this option. The day began at the Cathedral Salzburg. Its been consecrated, destroyed and rebuilt 3 times and the dates are commemorated at the gates (see pic above). The three main bronze doors represent Faith, Hope and Charity.
Under its roof is the most important musical instrument and one of Salzburg's treasures, the 4000-pipe organ where Mozart played his court-commissioned masses, psalms, litanies, chorals and sonatas. The four statues in front of the cathedral are St. Rupert, St. Paul, St. Peter and St. Virgil.
The octagonal dome that rises 71 meter high with its copper silhouette is recognisable from everywhere in the old city and the surrounding hills and mountains. Pic below is the dome from inside.
Outside, there is a statue of the Virgin Mary in the middle of the square. If you go out in front of the statue and walk toward it, it appears as if the angels on the facade of the cathedral, set the crown they are holding, on her head. Solid funda ...Haina??
Christian Anarchism (also known as Christian libertarianism) is the belief that the only source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable is God, embodied in the teachings of Jesus. Christian anarchists feel that government and established churches do not, and should not, have power over them.
Next up the Castle Hohensalzburg, which stands on a steep hill, Monchsberg. It was built in 1,077 by Archbishop Leonhard von Keutschach. This medieval castle is one of the very few castles in Europe that were never conquered by foreign military force. To reach the castle u can either walk or take the funicular.
The view of the city from the top is absolutely gorgeous. There are a few restaurants at the top. So enjoy some pizza along with Weissbier but be prepared to wait a litle longer here coz the service is everything but quick. The view from these open air restaurants is also quiet breath-taking. The valley below is actually quite picturesque. Now if u look at the mountain in the pic below, then the Austian alps are to the left of it and on its right is German/Bavarian Alps. The mountain is half Austrian half German.
At the foot of the hill are lotsa shops selling souvenirs. I would recommend anyone to shop here as it is comparitively cheaper than the souvenir shops. A bell which I bought for €15 at one of the shops earlier was on sale for €9.
Also at the square is a huge chessboard, so I decided to sit there for a while n enjoy the game. Now about the game which i saw... It staretd off beautifully with the Ruy Lopez opening which incidently is my fav. Later White went in for the Flohr-Zaitsev Variation which you would agree can force Black to choose a different defence. So the black guy shifed from Arkhangelsk Defence. Now, I would have choosen the Closed Defence but that guy went for Delayed Exchange Variation Deferred, hence the black knight and bishop were not on their best squares.
OK...that was some really authentic sounding 100% crap...Except Ruy Lopez I dont know anything in the paragraph.. White won eventually and we moved on to explore more of the city.
Complete Salzburg Album
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And withs that on 31st May 2006, I completes one years in blogsphere. It is the Happy Buddays of the blogs!!!!!!
:-D
Next post, about the year it has been.
16 comments:
Loved it. Absolutely fantastic.
As you can see, I have bought out my camera again (almost after a year. I will keep posting pics I take around the school and later on in Seattle.
u shud get the EU to pay u for being their travel writer. seriously.
loved the last pic. the sky luks awesome man!
@Sakshi
Thx
i enjoyed ur pics too.. looking fwd to more of those
@If...
Eu wale bade kanjoos hain... kuch nahi dengey.. i am willing to settle for just free tickets to travel :-)
Hey.. Forgot asking you if did burst into the songs while touring ;-)
lovely lovely lovely! i feel little pangs of envy whenever i see your pics. europe is so beautiful! and i still can't get over that view from your kitchen window...sigh!
and SOM is of course one of my all time favourite movies. and you got to go and visit all the places it was shot at! no fair!!!!!!!
anyway, keep travelling and keep posting. a lot of us are living our backpacker dreams thru you. :)
Nice pics Again !!
nice descr. as well !! [:)]
Tu itane bade bade posts kaise leekhata hai be?? kya patience hai !!
~ Samyak.
* Word Verif. * Grrrrrrrrrrr !!!! :XXxxxxxx
@sakshi
yeah i did sing along the do re mi song.
@That gurl in pink
oh yes.. it is damn beautiful.
a lot of us are living our backpacker dreams thru you. :)
Girl... you just made my day. all the efforts to compile this posts have been rewarded
@Sam
yaar content itna tha ki bada ho gaya post
@All
i will try and cut down on the size ... nobody is reading the full post anyways, i guess...
till now not a single Bday wish for the blog :-(
Oops.. Hope you keep on writing more delightful post this year.
Nooooooo Don't cut down the details, I really love reading the posts. And I was waiting to wish the blog on the "year that was" post.
Fabulous pictures!!!! And I'm green with envy :-)
My Fav from that album is Edelweiss, My dada used to sing it to me as a child..
"Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me
small and white,
clean and bright,
you look happy to meet me
blossom of snow
may you bloom and grow,
bloom and grow forever
edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my home-land forever "
@sakshi
i hope i have more to write about,... the next long weekend happens to be only around Xmas... so no more big travelling till that time..although i have a India trip coming up next
BTW.. aapki to poori family musically inclined lagti hain... right from dadaji to cousins et al
:-)
@Nautilius
Thx for dropping by
@Intern
Thx.. a pic is a worth a thousand words but some of the facts just cant be disclosed in pics..i cant .. so there fore i write about things and try to give a pic about it as well
excellent post and beautiful pics.......spl the roof ones .........good yar.......u r enjoying the whole europe...seriously i m jealous of u
appy birday to u
appy birday to u
appy birday dear awaara sajde
appy birday to u
bas? khush?
u coming to india? bahaut garmi hai boss! but when?
@Deeps
Thx dude.. The ceilings are really amazing in almost all the cathedrals.. and the Alpha Ohm thing kinda puzzled me.
@If..
Thank u hain aapko.. yes i am happy singh now
Bharat yatra sometime in July. I know it will be hot but its been more than a year now. Desh ki mitti bula rahi hain mujhey.
Beautiful pics :)
oops.. "My dada used" any extra A..
Read my DAD used to.
THough my grandpa was musically inclined, he leaned heavily towards Indian classical. His sons exposed him to the "devil" music (aka Rock and roll) but he stayed pure in his music tastes.
My Dad exposed me to the old Rock and blues and jazz and I thank him everday for it.
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