Showing posts with label Salzburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salzburg. Show all posts

Saturday, 16 August 2008

Salzburg the land of tall mountains, a little man and a funny musical.

Yes thats right folks I'm in Salzburg! On my first day here I went on a tour up into the amazing Alps to visit an ice cave. The walk up the mountain was great. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the view was spectacular! Absolutely gorgeous!!
We got a cable car halfway up the mountain then had to walk the rest of the way. Up and up we climbed past the Alpine region up until there were no trees growing only little shrubs eventually we reached the cave. We then had to get into warm weather gear which was really hard because we had just been walking in 30 degree heat and were so warm. But on went one, two, three jumpers and a beany and I'm very glad I did because when they opened the door to the cave out rushed a cold gust of wind. It nearly knocked us over. The ice caves were amazing full of stalactites and stalagmites that had met in the middle and formed these ice statues. I got to slide on the ice and nearly fell flat on my bum. :) I also got to go through a hand carved ice tunnel - there was a 20 meter wall of ice all around me!
It was a brilliant afternoon!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday it poured with rain..... the most miserable day! Cold, wet and windy. I went on a "Sound of Music" tour which was the biggest waste of time and money ever! So boring and you didn't really see anything exciting at all. We went out into the countryside but it was so foggy that you couldn't see any thing. 
Got to go,
love cush.