June 14th- Konigsee/Salzburg

June 14th- Konigsee/Salzburg

We had a fun day today!  We woke up pretty early in Munich and got all
ready for the day and packed the car up to head to the most beautiful
lake ever!  The lake was called Konigsee (sp?) and it is right out of
Salzurg- I believe!  We got into the little tourist town (not sure
what it's called) and hopped on a boat- the coolest old boats!- and
took a beautiful 45+ minute ride up to another lake. Unbelievably
beautiful. I just can't get over how beautiful everything is here!
Wow!  We are all pretty tired for some reason today!  Stockton did NOT
do so well last night, and I was up doing laundry in the middle of the
night, so we were a bit tired for the car rides.  Everyone caught the
sleepy bug on the boat too and were sleeping all over the place!  It
was so neat though.  Lovin Europe, and I can't believe that we are
already/only half way done!  This has been so much fun.  It is just so
much fun to be here with my Mom and Dad.  I have really missed them,
and it is really fun to be with them again- even if only just for a
few weeks.  Sad that my kids don't get to see them, and be with them,
but doing this trip, I realize how impossible and NOT really that fun
it would be to be here with them all!  It has been super fun with
Stockton, because he is still so portable and easy, but I believe it
would be hard with the big kids.
    Anyways....after the Konigsee, we hurried into the car to see if we
could make it to the "Eagles Nest"- one of Hitler's hide outs/summer
homes- but as soon as we got into the car, we found out that the last
bus went up there at 4!  Nuts...it was 4:15.  Dang.  So, we are going
to have to decide if we want to try and do it tomorrow.  I think that
it sounds so cool!  I want to see as many WWII things as we can. I
can't wait to go to Dachau.  I hope that we get to.  So, because we
missed the last bus, we decided just to head into Salzburg and see the
city!  Wow- what an amazing city.  Austria is SO awesome!  We got to
see lots of things tonight!  We got to see the gardens where they
filmed the Do-Re-Me song on Sound of Music- the Mirabell Gardens and
castle, the stairs where they hop up during that song, Mozarts birth
house and house where he grew up, the Mozart Statue, the cemetery that
they designed the cemetery that is on Sound of Music at the end- St.a
really neat fortress called MohelSalzburg ( I believe)- meaning "High
Salzburg".  It was SO neat!  The boys (Lincoln and Payton) would have
LOVED it!  There was the coolest Turret, cool old doors, windows and
floors, and the view was spectacular.  It was really neat.  We were
all really hungry after doing all of these fun things in the city, so
we headed to a really yummy place for dinner!  My parents had been
there before and wanted to take us there, so there we went!  I had the
Salmon and it was delicious!  I guess I really like to eat.  We were
so hungry that we even ate dessert as well!  All I felt like was a
crepe with chocolate on it- and they had those!  So, I was in heaven.
Cole got a delicious piece of chocolate cake!  What a fun thing.
After dinner we headed back to our hotel so that we could get an early
start!  We are missing our other kids though- that is for sure!  We
sure do love those little squirts!

My cute dad

Are you KIDDING me about this kid?!  He was like this the WHOLE trip!

The boat that we took to the upper sea- the Obersea- I believe.

Stockton LOVES to put his head hanging down.  Silly boy.

Uncle Ty was kind enough to carry Stock-o for the day. 

COOLEST forest ever- walking up to the Obersea

Up top at the Obersea.  SO pretty!

Probably my favorite picture of the trip

They had these cool vineyards everywhere. They are so pretty- I think!

And Castles

The boat house on Konigsee

On to Salzburg!  This is the garden where they preformed the Do-Re-Mi song

The steps

Cute little floppy ear

This is where Mozart was born

And this is where he grew up!

The Patch Man!

The Turrets on the fort up on top of the hill

View of Salzburg from the top

The Graveyard where they patterned the scene at the end of Sound of Music after.

Mozart Statue