Austria and Germany

Here in France we just had a week and a half off of school. I believe it's for All Saints Day on November 1st. I took that opportunity to go to Austria and Germany for a weekend (well 5 days, one of which was spent travelling). I had a great time. I went with two friends from Canada. Well one friend from Canada, Alison, and her friend from Canada, Kerry, whom I hadn't actually met before.

Photo: Alison and Kerry on Tour Bus

We went to the city of Salzburg first. It was beautiful there, all the leaves were at that perfect fall point; pretty much all changed, but still mostly on the trees. I loved it there. We went on the Sound of Music Bus tour, which is definitely a tourist trap, and the most expensive thing we did that weekend (sans train tickets), but it was worth it. We had a lot of fun and got to see some of Austria's country side.

Austria was founded by a bishop and has quite the religious history. There are a lot of churches and cathedrals in the city. They're all very beautiful inside and richly ornamented. This one was a picture of the chapel in the Fortress.

We also went to a couple of Mozart Museums, the Salzburg Museum, the Catacombs and the Fortress. The Fortress had a great view of the city.

After Austria we returned to Germany, where Alison is living this year. She went home and Kerry and I went to Heidleberg. It was also very pretty there, but I didn't get as many pictures because my camera battery died, and I didn't think to bring my charger.

Photo: Me at the top of the Holy Ghost Church Tower in Heidelberg.

We had a lot of fun, and just enjoyed ourselves. It was a trip well worth it. If you want to see some more pictures I have put a collection of them up on my Facebook page!

Photo: Me dancing at the fountain where parts of Do-Re-Mi was filmed.