Thursday, October 12, 2017

Salzburg fortress

The Salzburg fortress is currently more of a history of the area more than anything.  I didn't know that it was a very wealthy region.  All because there were salt mines and they used the money to enrich their city economy.








This was neat.  While they were doing some renovations on the fortress about 20 years ago, they accidentally uncovered the outer wall from the 1500s. 


They also excavated some of the old buildings.




We walked by Mozart's birth place too.  We'd all been running our heads off for too long without a break though.  We were all done and in need of a break, so we all went to the AirBnB and Jer wandered for another couple hours.  My plantar was flaring up again, so it was nice to take a small break.






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