Europe Here We Come

So Jason and I are off on our much needed vacation. We are so excited we can hardly stand it. The flight over however was not very comfortable. The only plus was that our seats were behind one of the walls of the bathrooms so there was more leg room but the seats were extremely uncomfortable. We did not get much sleep and would not get any until many hours later. We were off and running as soon as we hit the ground in Munich. We took the S-bahn to the Hauptbanhof (the main train station) and caught our train for Salzburg, Austria. Man those first class seats are nice. There was only us and an older English couple in our car. They were very nice and we talked most of the way down there. We talked mostly of politics, it's very interesting how Europeans view American politics. We were constantly asked what we thought of our new president, and I wasn't shy to give them my opinion. When we got to Salzburg we checked into our hotel and then went to find where our Sound of Music tour would start. We found it, and then it was off to get some lunch. We sat at an outdoor cafe, the waiter spoke perfect English without even a hint of an accent but he said he was born and raised in Austria. We then went for our Sound of Music tour with Rosa Maria as our guide. It was just Jason and I so we didn't do much singing. Unfortunately we couldn't spin around a meadow singing about the hills being alive because they filmed that way outside of Salzburg. We did get to see the back of the house where they had lemonade, played ball, and fell into the lake. We also saw the gazebo (which is closed due to to many people getting injured jumping from bench to bench singing I am 16. One guy broke his hip because he was more like 76 going on 77). We also saw the church they were married in which is not as big as it looks in the movie, however it was still huge compared to American standards. The tour also took us to a village outside of Salzburg which had a very fun luge ride with great views. We also stopped at a little restaurant overlooking a tiny village at the base of the Alps, it was gorgeous. We had some amazing Apple Strudel. And even though it was cold we sat outside because absolutely everyone in Austria smokes and I couldn't stand it inside, I'd rather freeze then breath in the cigarette smoke. After the tour we walked back to our hotel and decided to go to an internet cafe to check e-mail and then get dinner. Due to my control issues I wanted my mom to e-mail everyday and give me a step by step run down of how the kids days went. I did not get an e-mail that day which bummed me out. It was really hard not knowing everything that was going on with them. For dinner we decided to get a Donner Kabab from a place called Gyros. So I was expecting an American gyro, oh that was so far from what I got. It had the same meat as a Gyro but it was in a toasted hamburger bun with coleslaw and a sauce that tasted more of mayo than of cucumbers. It was not good. We had eaten back in the hotel room and then finally went to bed after being up for about 24 hours. Boy that bed felt good. Tomorrow it's off to Vienna with a side trip of a boat ride down the Danube.