Austrian Winter Boots

This morning we woke up with high hopes of seeing some of the landmarks used in the filming of The Sound of Music.  We had breakfast and took our time reading and catching up with emails before bundling up and heading out into what seemed like a rather clear but cold Austrian day.  As soon as we got to the train station it began to snow and once again my toes turned in to little popsicles.  We had wanted to take a bus into town but had missed it but approximately five minutes, leaving us to decide whether we wanted to wait an hour for the next one or walk the 4.5km into town.  Even though we were griping the whole time and kept saying we'd stop at the next bus stop and just wait, we ended up walking the entire way.  When we turned down the familiar street of shops we were happy to see that they were actually open.  I started looking for boots but we were side-tracked when we passed some yummy smelling food.  We sat down for lunch and it was really nice to get out of the cold.

Afterwards I was lucky enough to finally find a pair of boots that were made to withstand the Austrian winter conditions.  From then on my feet were much happier and I lucked out because they were on sale for only 20 euro.  It's a good thing I walked out of the store with them on because the snow picked up and soon we were walking through a storm.

We didn't make it very far before we needed something warm to drink in order to continue.  Still with the desire to see some of the sights we grabbed some hot chocolate to go and continued on.  We were able to see the Maribelle gardens, where they filmed a couple of the outdoor scenes for the movie.  We were supposed to head from there to two other places but were soaked to the bone and decided to hop on a bus back to the hotel.  I'm a little disappointed, but at the same time I was so happy to be warm and to have the chance to relax and read inside while watching the snow fall.  After a couple of hours we took the train down to the main station and booked our tickets for tomorrow.  Our plan is to leave early in the morning and head to Munich so that we can continue on to Dachau.  We'll be there for awhile to see the concentration camp before we turn around and eventually head from Munich to Paris.  This is the last leg of our journey before we head home on the 12th.  Looking at the weather it seems as though it shouldn't be as cold but we'll have to wait and see.

Here's the link to the photo album:  Austria