Sunday, January 06, 2008
OKAY, now that it's the weekend and i'm taking a break from orientation, i have decided to post up the photos of Salzburg during my holiday trip. Salzburg is a nice, small place in Austria which is the birthplace of the favourite composer Mozart and also the place where the movie "The Sound of Music" is filmed. It is a place known for music as well. The average temperature was -4degrees and it was snowing every now and then.
Yup, be prepared for a very photo-heavy post. 46 photos in total. I hope you like them. I've decided to post up photos of my family and i since there were requests for it. Salzburg is really a very challenging place to take photographs due to the massive amount of snow present. It was really like a winter wonderland and as if i was in Narnia.
SALZBURG THROUGH MY EYES
The entrance to Mirabell Gardens. "Sound of Music" was filmed there.
My dad showing mom T.L.C (tender-loving care). :P
Welcome to my winter wonderland! :D heh!
During winter, the gardens are covered in snowflakes with weird curvy patterns.
My parents and my sister.
My sister and i decided to take photos of ourselves appreciating art!
I'm like so engrossed in appreciating the painting okay! :D
Another view of Mirabell Gardens.
A typical christmas market stall selling Mozart chocolates.
People have their meals at this tables which have dustbins in them at the christmas market.
Nothing beats hot, fried bacon with preserved vegetables on a cold, snowy day.
Presenting to you my favourite bird, the FAT PIGEON! There were so many of them on the ledge. They were so cold that they literally fluffed up.
A wax museum exhibit of the "Sound of Music".
They have many horse carriages by the streets waiting to pick up tourists.
Taken inside a cathedral where people say their prayers and stuffs like that.
The ceilings of the cathedrals are really magnificent.I took this by placing my camera flat on the floor on my beanie.
A vertical view of the cathedral's interior.
A very nice view of the Salzburg fortress together with the buildings at the bottom.
Salzburg's main shopping alley where you can find many popular brands.
You can get a fantastic view of the old town from Salzburg Fortress.
Where our paths cross, will you be there for me? (HAHA)
I really like this photo a lot! Mainly due to the composition.
I look like my dad, don't i? :D
One of the few family photos we took there. :D Mom looks so cuddlely.
Another photo that i really like a lot! The branches reach out within the mist.
There's this scary-looking figure in the exhibits in Mozart's house.
Mozart's very own piano! The tool of a prodigy.
A whole shop filled with many, many painted eggs! They range from $2 to $15 approximately.
We stumbled upon Hellbrunn by chance, a beautiful area where there are many christmas stalls. There are many beautiful sceneries around as shown below.The "Sound of Music" was also filmed in this area.
A mother tends lovingly to her son.
This marks the beginning of my walk through "Narnia".The building on the right has a large cafe in it.
A nice long pathway to take a stroll down with a pond by your side.
A place where water meets land and nature meets man. (HAHA)
I really love the reflections on the water. Splendid.
A lonesome christmas tree that grew out of nowhere.
A man walks his canine companion down the long path.
My sister and i posing for a picture by this glasss room as featured in the "Sound of Music".
One of my favourites shots in my whole trip. The mixture of green plants,snow, blue skies really made the photo my fav.
A large, towering yellow building.
Another one of my favs, too bad it was taken from the bus, hence the dull colours.
We took a cable car up 1800m to the peak of the mountain where it was -12degrees.
The view from the cable car is astonishing. We could practically see the whole area.
This was the furthest i dared to venture out.There are no railings from then on as the area is for skiers.
Photo of the station at the peak of the mountain.
What can be a better way to end the series of photos with a photo with mom. :DYup, that was a really, really long post. I really enjoyed myself a lot in Salzburg, exploring the whole area on our own. There aren't many tourists in that area. Over there, i managed to experience the wonders of snow. I felt so happy and so thankful to have been given a chance to experience it. Next up will be photos of Prague.
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