Austria, the Alps, and The Sound of Music

By: Kati Tanner

We traveled to a different country on Sunday.  We headed to Salzburg, Austria by train and it took about two hours to get there.  Once we arrived, we went on a special tour to see the sites that were filmed to make one of the United States’ most famous films.  The film is The Sound of Music, which first came out in 1965 and won five Academy Awards.  The movie has great songs in it and we listened to the music during the entire tour.  The movie is actually based on a real family that lived in Salzburg.

The first thing we saw in Salzburg was the house used in the movie, followed by the real gazebo that was used when the song “I am 16, going on 17” was sung.  It was really cool to see all of the places from the movie.  I can’t wait to watch the movie again when I get home.

To end our day, we went to a neat Austrian restaurant where we ate trout, potatoes, and asparagus, a traditional Salzburg meal.  Walking back to the train station to catch the train (we walk A LOT here), I ordered a gelato, or an Italian ice cream.  It was Nutella flavor and tasted fantastic!

Mom and me in front of the famous Sound of Music Gazebo