{"id":2795,"date":"2016-06-05T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2016-06-05T09:46:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T15:46:32","slug":"home-of-mr-red-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=2795","title":{"rendered":"Home of Mr. Red Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hohensalzburg Medeival fortress, one of the largest in Europe, overlooks Salzburg and is over 900 years old.\u00a0 It was originally built to guarantee the safety of the archbishops, while also serving as a barracks and a prison.\u00a0 It is quite imposing as we walked up the steep hill for a visit.\u00a0 There is a funicular but who would want to use that?\u00a0 The views from the highest fortress tower are the highlight of the adventure. The museum has a few interesting artifacts; but, it is underwhelming to say the least.
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\nAfter walking down from Hohensalzburg, we visited St. Peter’s Cemetery.\u00a0 The cemetery, dates back to the 700’s, and its catacombs are some of the oldest in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a very beautiful and peaceful spot within the bustling Old Town area. The Von Trapps hid from the Nazis in this cemetery.\u00a0 Also, close by is the Nonnberg Nunnery where Maria from the SOM lived.
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\nNext, we meandered by Mozart’s birthplace apartment. We decided not to take the house tour which only included a few rooms of furniture and a small museum.\u00a0 We then strolled over to the Mirabellgarten.\u00a0 These colorful gardens are lovely with many exquisite patterns of flowers on show. Yes, it is where the children learned to sing “Do-Re-Mi” in the Sound of Music<\/p>\n

We considered area tours but most are centered around “The Sound of Music”.\u00a0 There is Hallein Salt Mine in the area (hence the name of the town) but we felt that since we had visited one in Krak\u00f3w, we would pass on a salt mine visit here. The other area attraction are the Ice Caves which is additional hour outside of Salzburg.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We could not see both in one day; so, we chose to explore the town of Salzburg.
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\nA very curious fact is that Salzburg’s most prominent citizen today is quite a contrast to Mozart.\u00a0 He is the energy-drink tycoon Dietrick Mateschitz, a.k.a. Mr. Red Bull – one of the Red Bull founders.\u00a0 We were told that he has a mysterious mansion at the edge of town and owns several chic Salzburg restaurants and cocktail bars, and employs 6,000 people.\u00a0 Apparently, his personality is like the beverage that made him rich and powerful.\u00a0 He is known as the “high-energy, anything’s-possible cultural Terminator”!
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\"Bridge<\/a>
Bridge to Old Town Salzburg – locks are key ingredient to this bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Long<\/a>
Long legs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Salzburg<\/a>
Salzburg Old Town signs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Even<\/a>
Even McDonalds adheres to tradition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"View<\/a>
View from the castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Salzburg\"<\/a>
Salzburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Massive<\/a>
Massive cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Part<\/a>
Part of a monastery with the modern art museum on the hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Monument<\/a>
Monument to famous Salzburg confectioner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old<\/a>
Old people in Old Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Part<\/a>
Part of the Monastery – horse carts are not as decorated as in Krakow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Local<\/a>
St. Peters\u00a0Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Palace<\/a>
Mirabellegarten with the castle in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Probably<\/a>
Probably doesn’t represent real life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Hohensalzburg Medeival fortress, one of the largest in Europe, overlooks Salzburg and is over 900 years old.\u00a0 It was originally built to guarantee the safety of the archbishops, while also serving as a barracks and a prison.\u00a0 It is quite imposing as we walked up the steep hill for a visit.\u00a0 There is a … Continue reading Home of Mr. Red Bull<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Si9J-J5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2795"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}