- September 30, 2011: Missie and I are in Salzburg! What should we do? Let’s go to the Mirabel Palace Gardens to start off our day. And here we are–there is a castle on a mountain! Let’s take a moment and stare in awe.
- There’s a castle in Salzburg? Unfathomable! Well, on the other hand, this is Europe.
- Let’s take another moment to be beside ourselves in wonder. There is a CASTLE on a mountain. LET’S GO!
- We’ve left the gardens. Now we’re on a bridge (over troubled water…okay, I’ll stop). We are only a few steps closer in our quest of finding our way to this glorious castle.
- Ever closer, but still a long way to go. (By the way, we weren’t following the map. We only used it to make sure we wouldn’t turn and run into a wormhole, or something to that extent.).
- The castle is atop the mountain. How do we get up there? Oh, look. There are stairs that lead up. Let’s venture onward, shall we?
- Halfway up the stairs, this IS is our view? Holy Moly, Batman! What awaits for us at the very top?
- We’re made it up the stairs. What a view. But then we turn around and see…
- …two paths. The first leads us away from the castle, into uncertain peril….
- …The second path leads us closer to our final destination. Which path should we choose?
- …The way forward is clear. Think not of this being a detour; think of this being a subplot to the epic that is our journey through Salzburg.
- Yup. I think Missie and I made the right decision.
- This is a curch courtyard we found. Not a bad find, either!
- The scenery is breathtaking.
- As Missie would say: How quaint.
- Abby and Missie: Two college girls on a mission.
- The road onward. Alas, it would not take us to our desired ending point.
- Here we are again, on the right path to the castle, or so we hope. Either way, the road is beautiful.
- I am in the shadow of the castle, and the Salzburger Dom is behind me. I’m about three quarters of the way up the mountain.
- The journey is not yet complete.We’re practically there!
- Missie and I are finally inside the castle after paying a fee of 7 Euro to enter. We can only imagine what awaits us in the higher fortress.
Now for the castle in smaller frames.
- Up the staircase for more castle. As if this day couldn’t get any better!
- See how much I love doors?
- A watchtower.
- The view from a tower.The village within the fortress.A caggage field, that belonged to the princes who lived in this castle. An ancient chapel within the castle.
- A room the princes used. Now it’s for giving concerts.
- Absolutely amazing.
- Down the tower stairs.
- It’s time for us to catch the train to take us back to Vienna.
- …And so we conquered our quest, leaving the castle we so diligently chased upon its mountain.
Posted on October 18th, 2011 by Abby Schultz
Filed under: Abby Schultz, Germany 2011
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