Mondsee is a small scenic village 17 miles east of Salzburg (next to the lake with the same name). St. Michael's Basilica in Mondsee was used for the wedding scene in The Sound of Music.
St. Gilgen is a small scenic village on St. Wolfgangsee (Lake St. Wolfgang) in the same region. It was the birth place of Mozart's mother and Mozart's sister lived there after she was married (Mozart himself never visited St. Gilgen).
We made a circle tour through these two villages and then back to Bad Reichenhall via some narrow country roads we probably would not have found (or driven) if not for our GPS guiding us.
St. Michael's in Mondsee
(from the village plaza)
Inside the basilica
(Used for The Sound of Music wedding scene)
Some views in Mondsee
From the Mondsee city park by the lake
Some views on the main street in Mondsee
Some pictures from St. Gilgen
The house where Mozart's mother was born
and his sister lived after she was married
St. Gilgen city hall
Other views in St. Gilgen
Some contryside scenes on the way
back to Bad Reichenhall
Mountain view from the road between
Berchtesgaden and Bad Reichenhall
Views of the Jodlbauer (Yodeling Farmer) Ferienwohnung (vacation
apartments) 100 yards above the one we are staying in
Dinner at the apt
(when in Germany, do as the Germans do)
