Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Mozart vs. Von Trapp

Salzburg creates the picture on the old Austrian town.  This location has gone thru many different design models and landed on the major use of Italian Rennissance.  This was a different pace from Prague and Leipzig because there were more town squares and mountains present in the scenery.  An amazing view could be seen almost anywhere because of the different colors of buildings or the Alps boarding the horizon. The city itself started with its back towards a wall and moved outward from that.  I did find some great restaurants within Salzburg and tried many more cakes and coffees than any other place on this trip. I ate some cake at the coffee house where Mozart could drink and compose on the daily basis.  We also ate and drank at the artist cafe, where I worked on a picture of the Alps and the street by out hostle.


Our class walked up the treacherous incline of the fortress wall and was able to see the best views in the city.  There was a fortress wall that was present to take the best landscape photos and other people not on our trip were stressing me out because they were standing on the edge of the wall.  I also went to the Marinette museum that was placed in a small hovel in the side of the building. This exhibit was well crafted and gave me more information about the art and style of marinette making and performing.  Later after the fortress, the tour guide recommended the Murphy’s Law pub for the best drinks and atmosphere. Jess, Alyssia and I went to the pub later in the day and to our surprise also saw the tour guide having a pint with some friends.  He recognized us immediately and we chatted up a conversation for around an hour. He then told us about this pizza parlor aross the bridge, so after we finished our cider, we walked to this pizza shack. The size of the pizza was amazing and I was able to take the rest home for leftovers the next day.  

We saw a lot of performaces while in Salzburg, but I really enjoyed, the smaller ensemble concerts and how two groups were able to combine and create great chamber music with each other.  This performance had random but functional combinations of instruments. The piece I enjoyed the most was the duet between the cello and bassoon players. This is a combination that is not widely used and it was great to hear the tones match and defy each other. 

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