San Diego Children's Choir, Germany/Austria Tour
Sunday, July 2, 2000

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Kristin and Apple - "Got Ice Cream?" Crossing the Austrian border Concert Choir Bus leads Arriving at Hellbrun Castle
Entrance where some of The Sound of Music was filmed Concert Choir girls View from the Castle Pretty sight
Water and greenery everywhere We take a rest The fountains are beautiful The fun begins as the fountains erupt behind us
Water at every turn Only a few of us are dry but the sun will fix that quickly "I am 16, going on 17...." Ranney joins the sing-a-long
One of many bridges over Saal River in Salzburg Chaperones await refreshments - early evening in Mozart Square

We all stumbled down sleepily to get to breakfast and pack up our luggage by 7:15. The breakfast was not all that great but we dealt with it. While waiting for the busses, we almost got run over three times. Finally, we loaded the bus and began enjoying the scenery. We ran into traffic turning our three-hour bus ride to five. We arrived late to unpack and have a very interesting lunch. It consisted of sauerkraut pork, a bready motzaball, and a pudding cup for dessert. After this we went on a tour of the Hellbrun Castle. The gardens were the best part because there were water fountains that got you wet. They were built originally with the castle in the 1600's.

We are getting tire of sauerkraut! Dinner was Italian - a nice change. We had tortelini and walked around for an hour by Mozart's house where we got ice cream. This was the end to a very long day.

Written by Elizabeth (from Sherry's Chaperone Group).

 

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