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Christmas Markets 2025 – Day 3 (On to Salzburg, and a Return to Augustiner Bräu!)

December 2, 2025Tony2 comments

We took a morning train to Salzburg, which was a 2.5 hour trip. After getting settled in, we went to a nearby Christmas Market at Mirabellplatz, which was a short walk from our hotel. It’s a small market, but cozy, and they had good mugs for the glühwein (so we bought one, which would become a recurring theme—we came home with three mugs!) There were some...

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Christmas Markets 2025 – Day 4 (Sound of Music, Salzburg Fortress, Dinner at the Oldest Restaurant in the World*!)

December 3, 2025Tony2 comments

The Sound of Music If you’ve seen The Sound of Music, you know that it’s set in Salzburg, and much of it was filmed in and around Salzburg. We began the day with the “original” Sound of Music Tour. The company, Panorama Tours, really can make the claim as the original, since they were contracted by the production company of the film to take...