On our second day, some of us got some sleep for the first time since our flight. We took a bus to the Austrian city of Salzburg. Many of us were surprised by the lack of customs or formal border station as we crossed in to Salzburg. As we drove to Salzburg, the city featured in the movie "The Sound of Music" and the birthplace of composer Mozart we will amazed at the shear size and beauty of the Bavarian Alps.
We took a walking tour of Salzburg and saw many of the locations where the Sound of Music was filmed. We also visited the childhood home of Mozart which was also a museum. One of the most impressive sights at the museum was Mozart's childhood violin. Parts of the city were build into the side of a mountain.
After our tour of Salzburg we went to Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat known as the Eagle's Nest. The long bus ride through the winding mountain roads of the Alps was truly aw inspiring. From the base of the mountain to the top and back this was the most profound bus ride any of us had taken. We went through a tunnel and got on an a gold elevator to the summit that sat at a moderately high 1800 meters. The Eagle's Nest has been converted to a restaurant and museum.
We then finished our day at a beer garden in the Northern side of the city.
In Salzburg
