San Diego Children's Choir, Germany/Austria Tour
Monday, July 3, 2000

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Scenery on our way to Salzburg Four gentlement watch us enter the city Youth Girls Rehearsing We're about ready, Mr. Herman!
The children from Bad Ischl enjoy the performance Bad Ischl Bad Ischl There are many bridges
Corey joins Gail and Paul for lunch along the river Youth Choir on guided tour Salzburg bridge Salzburg - what more can we say?
Coming off one of the bridges Sue and Lindsey hurry to catch up Courier Kate A big rainstorm hits us.
That's why the flowers are so pretty Horses in the square have their raincoats on. Our tour guide keeps the tour going Fortress Castel above Salzburg
Marisa and Jackie in St. Peter's Cemetery Another view of the cemetery Joe, Gabe, and Julian are happy again - the sun is back View of Salzburg from the Fortress
Ranney, Ryan, and Cory in downtown Salzburg Kellen and Alex start the talent show - and almost bring down the house Thanh sings about choir experiences Christin does her song - the crowd loves it
Vicki's group surprises her with a gift Hanibal and Alex improvise after Hanibal's act ends (broken string) "These are a few of my favorite things..." Hanibal returns with new string
Getting ready for bed after the show!  

We woke up in our luxurious youth hostel. We missed breakfast, but bread and jam was served. We then headed for the bus. We then departed for Bad Ischl School. Our singing was beautiful, but, unfortunately, the audience was inattentive. Also it was pretty poor acoustics. To add to that, two of our guys sang out of turn twice! We had independent lunch, and Alex, Nick, and myself ate at McDonalds, for the third time. Hee, Hee, Hee. After lunch we headed back to the bus located in front of the school.

Written by Kellen

We then went on a tour of Salzburg. It was not much fun because it was cold, wet, and I could not understand what the tour guide was saying. Then we had free time for the rest of the day. This was also the first time we had independent lunch and dinner. I spent the time walking around with Lucas and friends. During our travels, we took a long break in sword store (AKA) Heaven. Once we arrived back at the hostel, it was time for the 2000 SDCC Talent Show. The entire show was awesome, but when Kellen and I got up and danced to an arrangement of songs yours truly put together, we had the crowd going. Later that night, a storm came and we got more rain in that one day than the amount we get in San Diego. Everyone was watching all the lightning and listening to all the thunder. After watching the lightning for about 45 minutes, we decided to go to bed so we would be rested before another day of surprises.

Written by Alex

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