Morgen!

It’s another rainy day in Salzburg. Despite the rain in the morning yesterday, the afternoon was beautiful.

We spent the entire afternoon at Hellbrunn Palace and Watergames. First we took a tour of the water fountains the Arch Bishop/Prince created. He liked to play tricks on his guests. While sitting at the table, no one was allowed to stand unless he stood. As such, if he turned on the water (which would shoot out of the seats) they were not allowed to get up, and his chair stayed dry. Throughout the entire gardens are fountains that could turn on catch any passer-by and get them wet. There were also little figurines that moved and were powered just by water pressure.

Then we walked through his palace and looked at all the beautiful rooms. After we had all completed that tour, Phoebe took us (or those that wanted) to hike up the mountain to see the “month” palace with a beautiful view of the city. (At least because of that hike, I’m not longer sore).

We walked down the other side of the mountain. On this side of the mountain is one of the first theaters ever build where the first German opera was performed. There is a stage (made partially out of cement) and the backdrop was carved out of stone. Also carved out of the stone was an entire “backstage” area with a bench carved out and stairs to that people could be on different levels for the actors to be on. Of course we all climbed up standing and sitting on the different spots and sang; though none of us could find an opera chorus or song we all knew.

Next we walked along the path back towards the palace. We stopped at a little wade pool. I was the only one brave enough to wade in the chilly water and walk all around. It’s there to help cleanse and get your circulation going. The water is so clean and refreshing.

The final stop on our little hike was the gazebo where “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” was filmed in the Sound of Music. We had a lot of fun taking different pictures there.

I didn’t end up getting home until 7:30 and by then I was ready to just go to sleep. However, I did eat dinner with Laura and Martina, red a few poems in German to Laura, then did my German homework. Once that was done, I read for a short time and then fell into a very deep sleep.

In German this morning, we’re learning the rooms of the house and items/furniture you may find in those rooms. We made posters and drew pictures. My group had the Kitchen (die Kuche) and made a very colorful poster with silly cartoon drawings of kitchen appliances.

I hope all is well in the States.
Ciao