Hohensalzburg Fortress

Today I went back up to the top of the hill to the Hohensalzburg fortress where I heard the concert on Sunday night.  The tour through the fortress is very good and takes you right up to one of the towers with a spectacular view out over the mountains and the city.  The weather had cleared a bit today so the mountains were more visible than any of the other days I've been here.  I spent a couple of hours in the fortress, which has a pretty good museum.  Then I walked through the Old City and over the pedestrian bridge (going through a market where I found my favorite sweet - the Trdelnik, which became lunch!) and then walked over to the Mirabell Schloss, a big palace complex where scenes from The Sound of Music were filmed.  Unfortunately, in the winter a lot of the grounds are roped off so you can't see as much of it as you can in season.  I then wandered up Linze Grasse Street, the main shopping drag on that side of the river and stopped in a cafe for a Gluwein.  (A daily necessity here!). Then I returned to the hotel to collect my luggage and hoofed it to the train station.  I'm on my way back to Vienna now.  Will rejoin Karen and family in the flat tonight.  I loved Salzburg.  Only wish the hills had been more in view for more of the time.  I would definitely return there again.  Pics today are shots out over the hills and city from the fortress and the dome of the cathedral which is very pretty in daylight.