Rainy Munich!

Hello from Munich! A lot has happened since my last posting. We left Vienna (where we both want to return) and traveled to Halstatt, the most beautiful small town I have ever been to. It was so relaxing and quiet after a couple big cities. We stayed at a really cute Zimmer (or guesthouse) where we got to have breakfast every morning with a man wearing Lederhosen and playing Austrian music. It was quiet and our room had a balcony right on the lake. We got to do a wonderful hike up the the salt mine, which Halstatt is famous for. We enjoyed sitting on our balcany, breathing in the fresh Alpine air, and watching the swans swim by in the lake. Unfortunately this is where the weather turned downhill. It has rained everyday since we left Halstatt and trraveled to Salzberg. Salzberg was still beautiful, however. We did the Sound of Music tour where we hopped up the Do Ray Mi steps, danced across the fountain, and leaped arond the famous I am 16 Going on 17 gazeebo. We were in a minibus which was a great way to keep warm and dry. We still managed to see almost everything we wanted to though. Just some of the great views were a little grayer than we would have liked. We stayed at anohter reallly cute guesthouse just outside the city complete with farm fresh breakfast. (The family even had their own tractor). Rick Steves has not led us astray yet! Now we are in Munich and spent most of the day exploring the city and keeping dry in the beer halls. We both love Munich already and can't wait to see what this beautiful city has to offer.