I pulled onto the hilltop and turned off the engine. I had been driving for some time and was positive the automobile wanted to breathe. I feel I wanted to breathe as effectively. This wasn’t any hilltop, in any case. It was my favourite hilltop on this planet. As I opened the door I used to be greeted with crisp mountain air because the reminiscences of my visits in 2010 and 2013 got here again. The view was nearly as good as I remembered.
I used to be again. Again in St. Gilgen, Austria.
St. Gilgen, Austria
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I coated loads of it in my 2013 article, however there’s one thing that simply attracts me to this place. It’s near Salzburg, pretty near Munich, and one way or the other is a sleepy and quiet mountain village. Most might be launched to it on the Sound of Music tour, which is the place I noticed it (from that hilltop) for the primary time with my mother in 2010.
I overused the time period “bucolic” in my final publish about Hallstatt, Austria, but it surely additionally applies right here.
Put merely, I discover peace right here. Put extra realistically, there’s not likely that a lot to do round right here, so that you both discover peace or get bored.
What made this go to even higher was that they have been preparing for Christmas and the Christkindlmarkts (the Christmas markets). In every single place I went there have been cubicles arrange, awaiting solely distributors and clients that may little question quickly come. After a busy and hilarious few days it was good to have a break. With a light-weight jacket on, I made my manner about considered one of my favourite cities, grabbing photographs that I hoped have been totally different sufficient to be value sharing a 12 months later.
Enjoyable music taking part in exterior this meals stand
In every single place I seemed, Christmas decorations have been going up.
I even gave some astrophotography a shot, don’t assume I did too dangerous of a job for my first try.
Milky Approach over St. Gilgen
The subsequent morning I used to be up early to see: clouds. It was wet and cloudy virtually the entire time. So went my plans for an epic dawn shot over the lake, however I pushed by and managed to seize some that I actually appreciated.
The church
Cloudy daybreak (and geese! Hello geese!)
After taking the panorama on the high of this publish I headed out for the day. On my manner again to the primary autobahn I ended at Mondsee, well-known in Sound of Music circles because the city that holds the chapel the place Captain Von Trapp and Maria have been wed. The clouds had burned off a bit and I used to be capable of stroll round and get some higher footage.
This area of Austria is named the Salzkammergut and it’s just about the Lake District of Austria. (It’s a really correct description, there’s kammergut all over) The drive from St. Gilgen to Mondsee is with out parallel, with mirror lakes, rolling hills, and Mondsee itself.
Solar among the many bushes
The city of Mondsee boasted the identical sights I remembered from 2010, together with an awesome tree-lined road.
The Von Trapp Wedding ceremony Chapel
Lovely tree-lined highway