Salzburg

I am finally back at the Kartause after a full weekend of traveling.  Overall it was pretty good.  The school took us to three cities: Salzburg, Munich, and Mondsee.  We stayed at a hostel in Salzburg that was pretty awesome if you ask me.  Unfortunately I hear that most hostels are nowhere near as nice as the one that we stayed in.  To give you an idea of how classy this place was, here are a few pictures of my room.

The room was a little nicer than my room at the Kartause.

I got to sleep on the fold-out bunk.  It was one of the most comfortable beds that I have ever slept in.

We also had a tiny HD TV on the wall.  The only thing in English was CNN, so basically all Chris and I heard about was the Egypt situation.  

Anyway, after checking out the hostel, I got to wander around town with my friends.  It was definitely a nice town, everything seemed to be pretty clean and conveniently within walking distance.  We visited a few churches, the open-air market (the same one from The Sound of Music), and Salzburg's castle.  After that, we pretty much just walked around.  Here are some pictures.

Festung Hohensalzburg AKA the castle.  For the record, it sits on top of one very steep hill. 

A picture I took on our walking tour.  No real significance, it is just Salzburg.

The birthplace of Mozart, unfortunately we didn't get to go inside.  

An interesting piece of modern art.

This sculpture is supposed to be some sort of symbol of peace for the area, I thought it looked more like a ring-wraith.  

This is a view from one of the castle's terraces.  There were a lot of people taking pictures of the sunset that night.  

One of my friends and I both "kissed" the dragon on the end of the handle for the gate closing mechanism in the castle.  

The castle's chapel.

Here is Salzburg from another terrace in the castle.  

This was the castle, as seen from a bridge down in town later that night.  

Well, that is all for now.  I will try to post some stuff about Munich tomorrow, and I will try to get all of my photos up on facebook soon.  Thanks for reading.