![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1307.jpg) The facade of the huge cathedral downtown |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1311.jpg) Meredith makes fun of a statue of a bishop immediately before being struck by lightning. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1312.jpg) Brian makes fun of a statue of a saint immediately before being set upon by a plague of frogs. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1313.jpg) The interior of the cathedral |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1314.jpg) The elaborate ceiling had to be rebuilt entirely after being bombed in WW2. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1315.jpg) Meredith enjoys the best angle on the artwork. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1317.jpg) The inside of the central dome |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1319.jpg) A tomb in the crypt. It seemed really odd to use MIIIM, which seems to violate the rules for creating Roman numerals. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1321.jpg) The fortress overlooks the entire downtown area. It looks much less haunted during nice weather. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1322.jpg) The medieval equivalent of a car wash, a horse bath. Meredith insisted that Brian pose next to it for some reason. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1323.jpg) A cemetery with the most carefully tended graves ever. Each one looks like its own mini-garden with flowers and herbs. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1324.jpg) Meredith ascends the "catacomb" stairs for a nicer view. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1326.jpg) The Church of St. Peter overlooks the cemetery. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1328.jpg) Meredith is all smiles with the cemetery below and the towers and dome of the cathedral in the background. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1329.jpg) A view of the cemetery from above. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1332.jpg) The beautiful ceiling and organ of the Church of St. Peter. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1333.jpg) The cliff which the fortress is built on also houses a cleverly placed parking garage. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1334.jpg) The main shopping street, Getreidegasse, is famous for the wrought iron signs above each store. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1336.jpg) Meredith enjoys a lull in the rain at the baroque Mirabell Gardens. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1339.jpg) The gardens are beautifully kept, have lovely fountains, and have a great view of the fortress on the hill. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1340.jpg) A depiction of the happiest abduction scene ever. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1341.jpg) Meredith greatly overestimates the drenching power of the fountain behind her. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1342.jpg) The green archway is one of the garden spots made famous by "The Sound of Music". |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1343.jpg) The pegasus fountain and the steps behind it are all used in the "Doe, a deer" song. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1345.jpg) Meredith takes a break from her singing and dancing. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1349.jpg) Julie Andrews was kind enough to take our picture. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1352.jpg) Brian incurs the eternal wrath of the Unicorn God. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1353.jpg) Brian and Meredith in the Mirabell Garden, with the cathedral and fortress in the background. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1354.jpg) This is the shot that is used to end the "Doe, a deer" song, except it's sunny and full of famous people. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1359.jpg) Can you tell that this is Brian's favorite place in Salzburg? |
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![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1362.jpg) Meredith chooses not to get lost in the rosegarden maze. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1364.jpg) We got to see how they lay out the garden beds to get that baroque precision. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1365.jpg) And here are the final results once everything is in bloom. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1367.jpg) Fortunately for all involved, it was too chilly to imitate the statue's clothing as well. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1369.jpg) Lots of famous people came from Salzburg. Mozart, of course, and Christian Doppler, the physicist who described the Doppler effect. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1372.jpg) Octopus salad, cooked al dente with lemon and olive oil. A favorite dish for the Greer Christmas holidays. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1375.jpg) We took the Sound of Music bus tour and actually saw blue sky. Peter our tour guide shows us the house and the lake that was used to film the back of the von Trapp place. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1376.jpg) Remember the scene were Maria and the kids tip the boat and get soaked? |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1377.jpg) Salzburg and the vicinity is just full of beautiful lakes and mountains. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1379.jpg) Meredith and a couple other tourists pose for a quick photo op at the gazebo featured in the "I am sixteen going on seventeen" song. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1380.jpg) Meredith nervously awaits the ascent of her first alpine slide experience. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1381.jpg) Sadly, this is the last anyone ever saw of her. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1388.jpg) More beautiful lakes and mountains. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1390.jpg) Going on a touristy bus trip means that there is always someone handy to take your picture. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1392.jpg) A supposedly nice restaurant that can only be reached by cable car. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1396.jpg) Meredith relaxes in a park in Mondsee, one of our stops on the S.O.M. trip. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1404.jpg) Back to Salzburg (and dark clouds) for a view of the Salzach river and the downtown area. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1406.jpg) A view of the city from the fortress itself. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1407.jpg) One of the towers inside the fortress |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1408.jpg) Meredith enjoys the spooky ambience that can only be achieved by low-hanging rainclouds. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1409.jpg) Unfortunately someone had the foresight to remove the cannon ball and fuse before Brian could get to it. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1412.jpg) A fight breaks out on the fortress grounds. I blame the renaissance festival. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1413.jpg) A model of the downtown area, in case you want to build a replica of Salzburg in your backyard. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1414.jpg) Seems like construction techniques were a little more dangerous back when they built the fortress, especially with the giant female mathematicians lording over the work. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1415.jpg) A model of the fortress itself shows that attackers had to bring their hiking boots if they wanted to have any chance of success. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1417.jpg) An ornate ceramic heater for keeping your fortress warm in style. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1435.jpg) Slightly less stylish was the medieval toilet, which merely emptied out onto an exterior wall. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1437.jpg) A door in the prince arch-bishop's chambers. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1439.jpg) Top-of-the-line medieval decor. The golden knobs in the ceiling represented stars in the sky. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1440.jpg) This heater is for keeping warm in style AND impressing the hell out of your guests. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1446.jpg) Brian is thrilled that the Stiegl beer hall is only 60 steps further. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1448.jpg) The beer hall features the ultimate in tasteful decor, the fish lamp. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1449.jpg) Taking a cue (and a piece of luggage) from Rick Steves, this is Meredith packing light with a single carry-on bag for the whole trip. |
![Click for larger image](thumbnails/DSCN1450.jpg) Brian fit everything he needed into a backpack from L.L. Bean. |
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