Austria, Krumlov and Salzburg

 On Monday we drove 5 hours from Prague to Austria. We stopped at Cesky Krumlov, a picturesque town that looks like the setting of a fairytale. 

Then on to Austria. We are staying 4 nights at an Airbnb which is an apartment in a holiday complex by a lake near the town of St Wolfgang. 

It’s about 45 minutes from Salzburg, birthplace of Mozart, so we went to visit there yesterday and met up with my cousin Andrew. 

That’s Andrew in the black shirt. We haven’t seen each other in 10 years, so we almost walked past each other at our meeting point!

Famous fountain at Mirabell Castle. Features in the sound of music film - the kids dance around it singing Do Re Me!

Family in the castle rose garden

A church we thought was the famous cathedral but wasn’t 😆

Lunch at a beautiful restaurant overlooking the city 

A subgroup of us (without Robert and Eliza) took the funicular up to the fortress in the middle of the town. 

View from fortress

Firing cannons at the fortress. 

The “toy museum” which is really an indoor playground. Great afternoon diversion for over touristed kids