March 29, 2018   Saltzburg and the Sound of Music Tour!!

Definitely one of the favorite outings of the family.  We hopped on a tour bus in downtown Saltzburg and spent the next 4 hours seeing the places where the Sound of Music was filmed.  We watched movie clips and behind-the-scene footage on the bus and then got off for picture opportunities.  Before the 4 hours were up, we were having a full bus sing along!  Loved it!!

The Sound of Music was filmed from March 26 to September 1, 1964. 

Mozart foot bridge.  The children and Maria came across this during Do-Re-Mi.

Palace Leopold was used for the exterior shots of the VonTrapp house that required the lake. This lake was used when Maria and the children fall in the water from the boat.  If you look closely, you can see two statues of horses right at the water's edge on the right corner of the house.  Imaging yourself standing with your back to the house and the lake in front of you.

This is the road used when the bus took Maria from the Abbey to the VonTrapp home for the first time.  She sang "I Have Confidence".

Clare clicking her heels like Maria does in the movie.

One of three gazebos used to film "Sixteen Going on Seventeen".  This one is the smallest and the only one still intact.  Then there was a larger one and one that was half a gazebo.  

Clare and Grace getting theatrical.

"Maria" and "the Captain" reenacting "Something Good" at the gazebo. 

Frohnburg Palace was used as the exterior of the VonTrapp home when the lake was not involved.  Maria sings "I Have Confidence" along this wall.  

Nonnberg Abbey where the real Maria was a postulant before becoming acquainted with the VonTrapps.

One of the lakes shot in the movie.

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd......

Odl lay ee!

The church in which Maria and the Captain were married, located in Mondsee 16 miles east of Salzburg. 

Inside St. Michael's.  Mass was going on because of Holy Thursday.  We couldn't explore very much.

Fun fact:  When filming, they forgot to get an actor for the bishop so the real bishop of Mondsee was in the movie!

The beautiful organ in the film.

Cheesy group picture.

Mirabell Gardens was where a lot of Do-Re-Mi was filmed.

See the arbor tunnel?  The kids race through it in the film. 

Here's a reenactment:  https://youtu.be/DOmDPtQ0_mw

Pegasus Fountain

Another reenactment:  https://youtu.be/sbLe_Unc5wE

"Maria" singing the last high note of Do-Re-Mi.

This ballroom was inspiration for the Hollywood set that was built as the VonTrapp ballroom.

Concerts are hosted here.

Another view of the ballroom that inspired the movie ballroom.  Notice the piano.  It's a Bosendorfer!  Grace's dream piano!

It's time for another viewing of the Sound of Music!  Who's bringing the popcorn?