Austria and the Sound of Music Tour

So we decided to take a trip and to start it all off we headed south to Austria.  On the way the boys needed a potty break and a good running.  So during our run into the woods around the pit stop was a field with Jesus in it.  What I like about this picture is Brecon.  He seems to be holding the other boys in line.   

We stayed in a town named Salzburg, just over the border into Austria.  It is the birth place of Mozart and is full of fun history.  It is also the town where the Sound of Music outdoor scenes were filmed and storyline was set in.  We went on a tour seeing the sites of where things happened in the film.  It was a fun tour but they didn't give us enough time at each spot to enjoy the area.  It was a big rush all day long but we had  fun. Here are some pictures of our day.


One of the fun things about Cael is he has a nose for funny and is always willing to exploit it.  If there is something funny that a kid can do he usually finds it and if he doesn't then all it takes is a suggestion and he is all over it.  Here someone suggested that cow needed milking.  Brecon is in there squatting below the business end of the cow.  It is so hard to get him looking good in pictures. 

This is the backyard of the Von Trapp family house.  It is not the house because they used a different one, but it is the backyard and the lake where they fell in the lake. I have put a picture of them falling in the lake as well. 

Here is the gazebo were the daughter sang "I am sixteen going seventeen"

This is the walkway were Julie Andrews walked from the Abby to the Von Trapp home. 

 This is beautiful country.  I love Caels smile here.  Its like he is trying to show off his missing front teeth. 

 The kids often needed carrying on the trip.  Brecons favorite saying is "my legs hurt".  We have suggested cuttting them off a few times but he doesn't think that is funny.

One of my favorite stops was at the chapel where they got married at the end of the film.  When we got there we didn't think we would be able to go in because there was an actual wedding going on at the time. In the end we were able to go in and actually watch some of the wedding ceremony. Here are some pictures of the wedding party, ceremony, and chapel. 

This is a picture of the wedding scene from the movie. 

This is the area they were singing the Do Re Mi song.  At the end of the song they hopped up and down these stairs, thus the hopping up the stairs below.  I love the unicorns and the boys sitting on them.  If you remember from the Playmobile blog previously, there was another picture of the boys on a unicorn.  I think secretly it is their favorite animal.