It's a (von) Trapp!

pSee what I did there? It's funny because Sound of Music and Star Wars humor. Haha.

Anyway... So I've been in Salzburg for the past day and a half (and this morning but only briefly.) and I can honestly say that it's the most beautiful city I've been in on this trip. Sorry, Ljubljana and Edinburgh. You have nothing on this view:

Okay, so on Sunday, my train arrived and I got to my hostel to check in, and then I walked into town.

And I was just amazed at how amazing the view -- even from the city streets -- was. I was constantly in direct view of the Hohensalzburg Fortress, which was used in the olden ages as a defense/lookout tower. Given the view, seen above, I can imagine. But more on that later. 

My first stop was the National History Museum, which was a good way to start off the city. It had many many rooms on Art history, but more importantly, it talked a lot about WW1, because Austria was a huge part in that. After all, it was the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination that was one of the main sparks to the fire. But yeah, there was a lot of information on all that. Lot of information in general.

I walked over to Pommes Botique, per the suggestion of the hostel, because I heard they have really good burgers for cheap, so I got a really good chicken burger, then walked over to the riverside to eat. How often do you get a view like this for lunch?

(I was over on that hillside, near the other people you see over there.)

I also visited some Gardens, which I forget the names of, but they were a lot like the other gardens I've talked about. Lots of flowers. What made this one unique, however, was the Pegasus statue, which is briefly seen in Sound of Music:

My hostel is pretty cool. My roommates are super nice. 2 of them are from Australia, and the other 3 are from Korea, but I didn't talk to them much because they didn't speak much English. I did make friends with the two Australians and they're super rad and were willing to talk about why America is a joke to the rest of the world right now...

The hostel also plays Sound of Music every night. Every. Night. At 8:30. Every night. They currently have the record for most consecutive nights playing the movie. Maybe any movie. So I watched that with about 30 other people. 

Okay so that was my half day in Salzburg. My full day was much, much more walking. I hiked up to the Fortress, like I said earlier, which just gave me the most incredible view of the mountains and the city. I guess the whole area used to be a lake for several thousand years, but it drained out in about 8000BC, so all that remained inside the mountains was one giant hill, where they built the fort.

(You get the point.)

After a couple hours up there, I headed back down and rested at the hostel for a bit, before leaving to an old monestary-turned-church on a hill, which took way too many steps and my legs kinda wanted to die.

But after that, I discovered the residence and the birthplace of some composer. His name is like Mayonaisse or something? Or Most Tarts? Oh. Mozart. His birthplace and residence, which I didn't feel like it would be worth paying €10 for each, were filled with tourists, but was still an interesting sight. You know, no biggie. Just a huge pop-star of his time was born there. 

My last two stops for the day were two very different churches. On one side, one looked very old. You can just imagine an old stone church built into the side of a rock. Pretty old, yeah? Look at the inside.

There's blue and violet lights everywhere and it makes this old church look like a night club??

Then this other one was just a nice simple white one, but in its simplicity, I found it lovely and I liked it anyway so yeah. 

I ate dinner at the hostel, because I figured it was a good way to meet people. I ate some goulash soup with an Austrian and a Texan, so that was interesting. He didn't have a southern accent.

Wow okay it's only 10:40pm but I feel like my eyes are going to kill me if I stay awake any longer so bye. Love you all!

Also, if you need a quick laugh, this one never fails to give me the giggles: