The hills are alive with the sound of...fußball

We said goodbye to Vienna this morning and got on the road toward Salzburg. We took the highway partway, stopped at the  nicest rest stop with the most beautiful overlook. I can't help but share my selfie: 

Très belle. Molto bella. Sehr schön. Very beautiful! 

Then after a while, we got off the highway to a more scenic route through little villages with mountains on one side, our road on the other and lakes in between. We arrived in Salzburg about 12:45pm, got to walk around a market, through the Mirabellgarten (rose garden from the Do-Re-Mi song), over the river. Then we maneuvered our way through small streets, avoiding all the Asian tourists with their selfie sticks to visit Mozart's birthplace, the horse fountain from the Sound of Music, the Dom cathedral and Mozartplatz - and we did this all without our guide who gave us a long leash for a few hours! We are so impressed with ourselves. And we were still early back to the meeting spot. Yay us. 

Mirabellgarten:

Mozart's birthplace:

Residenzplatz (horse fountain Maria splashed in):

So after Salzburg, we had about two hours more in the bus to get to Munich. During the trip, it got cooler and cloudier which was actually fine with me because the sun was getting a little too hot in Salzburg. By the time we got off the bus for dinner in Munich, it had dropped about 6-7 degrees Celsius and by the time we arrived at the hotel an hour or so after that, the cold rain had started again. Tonight's the big EuroCup game of Germany vs. Poland and while we were hoping to go to a big viewing party just for the experience, the rain has put a damper on those plans. So most likely, we'll hole up and watch the match from our cozy hotel. 

(This may be the only time I say this:) Go Germany!!