Voyage Junkie

There's not much to say about Saltzburg except that it's absolutely gorgeous.  We went there and back on a Bayern ticket, which is how we went to most places in Germany (up to 5 people can ride all day, any distance, for about 30 euro).  It was definitely worth the trip.  It's only a few hours train ride from Munich, and it was wonderful to step into Austria for a little bit. We came in at the downtown train station, a short walk from Schloss Mirabelle.  This is a baroque style palace done in French and Italian style.  Its famous gardens were beautiful, filled with color, and often planted in the patterns of family crests.  Scenes from the Sound of Music were filmed here, most famously the Do-Re-Mi song, where they dance around a horse fountain in the garden and use the steps as scales. After a look at the palace, we walked through town to the old part of the city.  Eventually we came to an open square where looking up we saw a very impress...