In the gardens in Salzburg
Today I'm going to write a proper blog, but I will write two blogs in one!!! The two places that we went to were - Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic and Salzburg in Austria!!! First we went to Cesky Krumlov. The things that we saw there were: The Old Town and the Castle. Then for Salzburg we went to Mozarts House, the Dom/Cathedral, Funicular up to the castle, the Salzburg Castle, Haus-De-Natur and then The Beer Hall!!!!!!!!!!
So first in Cesky Krumlov we were following the GPS but it took us to the middle of NOWHERE. We ended up on the castle bridge, and Daddy parked where you were not allowed to park!!! After Dad had rang the apartment/hotel 1000 times we eventually found our way to the Hotel!!! Our room was called The Attic room because, it was only one room so we all had sleep in the same
room!! Then after w got settled in, we went out and had a walk
through the Old Town!!!!!!!! Along the way we saw a shop that sold cinnamon rolls and they were YUMO!!! After we shared a cinnamon roll, we walked to the Castle where we got stuck the first time!!!
You can see the picture of the castle below. I thought that the castle looked ugly on the outside but beautiful on the inside. Dad told me that Cesky Krumlov was one of the towns that Nana liked the most and I also thought it was amazing. We stayed right in the old town and it was easy to walk around which was good.
After we had been to the castle in the morning we started driving to Salzburg. We stopped in a place called Linz which is in Austria. At Linz we waited half an hour and then caught a tram up a hill. Mum said it was the steepest tram ride in all of Europe and I am glad we didn't have to walk! When we got to the top we were going to walk around in the beautiful gardens but it was pouring with rain so we got back on the train and caught it to the bottom again!
We kept driving to Salzburg and Dad had no trouble finding the hotel because: 1. the GPS finally worked and 2. it wasn't raining anymore and 3. the hotel was really bright yellow, so it was easy to see!!! It was nearly six o'clock so Mum and Dad decided to go straight to dinner. We found a local restaurant and Mum asked if there was non-smoking but the man said no it was all booked out already. So we had to sit in the smoking room which was yuck but only one man was smoking. I ate spaghetti bolognese and we ate quickly and then got out of there. Dad washed our clothes in the shower when we got home! I don't know why people can do that!!
The next morning we caught the trolley bus in to Salzburg. It only took about 10 minutes so that was fine. We walked around and saw Mozart's house. Mozart used to be a genius with music since he was 4 years old!! He could play nearly every instrument ever!! After that we went to an amazing church (the Dom) which had lots of gold in it. We didn't have to pay to get in but Dad gave a donation. Next we caught something called a funicular up to the Salzburg Castle. It is like a tram lift because for the most part it has the insides like a tram but it then lifts you all the way up to the tip-top of the castle.
When we got to the top, we looked out over the viewpoint and then took a walk through some of the rooms and museums in the castle as well. The little ones were getting tired, so we went back to the room for a rest. Bridget slept in the bed and Paddy had a sleep between two covers in the bathroom!! When they woke up we went to a really cool place - Haus der Natur (or the Nature Museum)!! This place had all kind of things: dinosaurs, tropical fish, fossils, stuffed animals, photos from above the earth, precious rocks and stones and heaps more. My favourite part was the science section because you got to touch and do things with all the equipment like skiing, rolling wheels, lifting heavy weights and also spinning shapes to see what they look like. All the kids liked this place very much but we had to leave at 5 which was a bit sad!
Across the road from the museum was a park so we went for a bit of a play. Then we went looking for somewhere to eat. The lady at the hotel had told Mum and Dad about a place near the museum so we went looking for that place. It was an Austrian beer hall and it was crazy! That was its name as well - Beer Hall...what a funny name for a restaurant! At the beer hall it was different to any other restaurant I have ever been to. You had to go to shops on the outside and buy your food and then you took it inside the hall to find and table to start eating. Dad went to another room and bought some beer and apple juice for the kids and we ate dinner. Me, Patrick and Bridget ate sausage with cheese in it and mum and dad had pork ribs, potato salad and chips and BEER! It was really fun because it also didn't matter how much noise you made!!
Because we are going to lots of little places in a row now, I am writing blogs like this - many days and places in one blog. I hope that is OK but I get tired having to write each night! Next, I will write about when we drive along the Romantic Road in Germany!!
Love Clare
xxoo
You can see the picture of the castle below. I thought that the castle looked ugly on the outside but beautiful on the inside. Dad told me that Cesky Krumlov was one of the towns that Nana liked the most and I also thought it was amazing. We stayed right in the old town and it was easy to walk around which was good.
After we had been to the castle in the morning we started driving to Salzburg. We stopped in a place called Linz which is in Austria. At Linz we waited half an hour and then caught a tram up a hill. Mum said it was the steepest tram ride in all of Europe and I am glad we didn't have to walk! When we got to the top we were going to walk around in the beautiful gardens but it was pouring with rain so we got back on the train and caught it to the bottom again!
We kept driving to Salzburg and Dad had no trouble finding the hotel because: 1. the GPS finally worked and 2. it wasn't raining anymore and 3. the hotel was really bright yellow, so it was easy to see!!! It was nearly six o'clock so Mum and Dad decided to go straight to dinner. We found a local restaurant and Mum asked if there was non-smoking but the man said no it was all booked out already. So we had to sit in the smoking room which was yuck but only one man was smoking. I ate spaghetti bolognese and we ate quickly and then got out of there. Dad washed our clothes in the shower when we got home! I don't know why people can do that!!
The next morning we caught the trolley bus in to Salzburg. It only took about 10 minutes so that was fine. We walked around and saw Mozart's house. Mozart used to be a genius with music since he was 4 years old!! He could play nearly every instrument ever!! After that we went to an amazing church (the Dom) which had lots of gold in it. We didn't have to pay to get in but Dad gave a donation. Next we caught something called a funicular up to the Salzburg Castle. It is like a tram lift because for the most part it has the insides like a tram but it then lifts you all the way up to the tip-top of the castle.
When we got to the top, we looked out over the viewpoint and then took a walk through some of the rooms and museums in the castle as well. The little ones were getting tired, so we went back to the room for a rest. Bridget slept in the bed and Paddy had a sleep between two covers in the bathroom!! When they woke up we went to a really cool place - Haus der Natur (or the Nature Museum)!! This place had all kind of things: dinosaurs, tropical fish, fossils, stuffed animals, photos from above the earth, precious rocks and stones and heaps more. My favourite part was the science section because you got to touch and do things with all the equipment like skiing, rolling wheels, lifting heavy weights and also spinning shapes to see what they look like. All the kids liked this place very much but we had to leave at 5 which was a bit sad!
Across the road from the museum was a park so we went for a bit of a play. Then we went looking for somewhere to eat. The lady at the hotel had told Mum and Dad about a place near the museum so we went looking for that place. It was an Austrian beer hall and it was crazy! That was its name as well - Beer Hall...what a funny name for a restaurant! At the beer hall it was different to any other restaurant I have ever been to. You had to go to shops on the outside and buy your food and then you took it inside the hall to find and table to start eating. Dad went to another room and bought some beer and apple juice for the kids and we ate dinner. Me, Patrick and Bridget ate sausage with cheese in it and mum and dad had pork ribs, potato salad and chips and BEER! It was really fun because it also didn't matter how much noise you made!!
Because we are going to lots of little places in a row now, I am writing blogs like this - many days and places in one blog. I hope that is OK but I get tired having to write each night! Next, I will write about when we drive along the Romantic Road in Germany!!
Love Clare
xxoo
Streets in Cesky Krumov
Paddy had lots of energy after sitting in the car
The place in the castle where the GPS took Dad!!
So pretty!
Part of the castle from the old town below it
Paddy and Bridget
The children together
Sunflowers have been all over
The castle in Cesky Krumlov again
A painting of the people who used to live in the castle
Some of their precious things
An old toilet
Washing in the bedroom
The dinner setting
Some of the priests clothes
Guns and other things Pat loved
Musical instruments
Me and a soldier from the guards who used to watch the castle
The view over Cesky Krumlov
Below to the old town
Looking back on the castle
Some beautiful flowers in someone's window
Mozart's place in Salzburg
Yummy chocolates everywhere!
The main cathedral in Salzburg
Inside the church
View to the old town of Salzburg from the castle
On the road between Cesky Krumlov and Salzburg
The tram in Linz
Our place in Salzburg
Paddy at the museum
A cool chameleon
I like being able to play with the exhibits
In the park
Mummy at the beer hall
What it was like inside
Another great post. We loved the photos from all those places with difficult names - you have done really well to get them all right. The Beer Hall sounds fantastic and it must have been great for all the children able to make as much noise as they liked. That doesn't happen too often! Fancy seeing a chameleon - lucky you - we have always wanted to see one of those (but was it real??). Hope you got to eat some of those yummy chocolates. Grandpa so wishes he was there.
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Just checking to see if there was a new blog and discovered this one about Salzburg and Cesky; what great pictures did you find the bears in the moat approaching the Castle? I thouight you would like those cinnamon rolls Poppy and I did too ;I coul have had more!!!!!! We really enjoy receiving this blog and you have done a wonderful job to keep it up.
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Nana and Poppy
Salzburg attracts me the most, my brother also lives there and i am looking to visit there next month. I have also hired a car from www.salzburgairportcarrentals.com.
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