Austria

We're three days back from our summer trip to Austria and Hungary.  Oh!  and a drive through Slovakia.  Because, why not.

We started our journey with a six hour drive to Innsbruck, Austria.  Our family actually enjoys car rides.  When the drive is so beautiful and the music so good the time passes quickly.  We arrived in time for dinner, and while exploring the city found a nice little pizzeria.  While enjoying the outdoor pizzeria we got caught in a huge rainstorm.  We didn't even suspect it would come.  We came back to the apartment drenched and ready for baths and bed.

The next morning on our way to Hungary we decided to stop at the Swarovski crystal "museum."  This crazy head is outside and you enter the museum through its shoulders.  They had fascinating Euro-modern-artsy ways of displaying their crystals.  We were all very fascinated and entertained.  The grounds were beautiful and included, a view tower, hedge maze, two parks and flower gardens.  Definitely a worth the time stop.

On the way back from Hungary we stayed in Salzburg for a couple of nights.  The swimming pool at the hotel was the main attraction.  Not outdone however, by the historic old-town.  We loved seeing Mozarts old stomps and trying to follow the journey of the VonTrapps while singing "Doe a deer a female deer. . ."
Not my favorite picture, but here we are outside of the gazeebo that Rolf and Liesl danced around.  Ahh.
Henry couldn't resist the gigantic pretzels.  He ate the whole thing.  
Can't you just see Maria dancing through this street?