Fuschl am See
We stopped by this cute little town called Fuschl am See not far from Salzburg.         2016

Fuschl am See sits on a beautiful lake and surrounded by mountains.       2016

A lady in a kayak heading out on the lake.          2016

Fuschl am See town center.       2016

Fuschl am See has a mountain almost in the center of town.       2016

St. Gilgen
At a look out point over the the town of St. Gilgen we saw two "Sound of Music" tour buses fun of American and Canadian tourists. The Austrians have little knowledge or interest in the movie. I talked to an older guy running a gift shop with a fair amount of "Sound of Music" stuff and he said it's still popular with the older    2016

Town center of St. Gilgen.           2016

The lake front is beautiful and the water is crystal clear.       2016

The sky lift buckets are small and cute.           2016

These sky buckets are headed to the top of the mountain.      2016

The town is really nice but I'm not sure of the "Sound of Music" significance.        2016

Hallstatt

Hallstatt has its own sky lift but is shoreline beauty is what attracts the crowds.         2016

This is the shoreline of Hallstatt from a distance.       2016

They had a lot of big swans here but these two were the largest.        2016
We stopped for some beer and food.     2016
Our food arrived, good old wienerschnitzel and potatoes to go with our beer.        2016

A closer view of the shoreline.       2016

The town is only a few narrow walkways wide but very nice.       2016

I saw these apples growing and the tourists here would not take someone elses property I'm happy to say.     2016

A lot of tourist shops for the hourds of visitors that come here daily.          2106

Here's the other end of town.     2016
I was surprised to see a lot of people had arrived by bike.        2016
Hallstatt has their own beer.         2016
Hallstatt is loaded with too many tourist for my taste.      2016
Alpbach and surounding area
Here's the place Bob booked in Alpbach. It is called Alpbacher Appartementhaus Johannes and it was awesome and the couple that run it made it feel like it was our home for the 2 days we were there. This town is small friendly and one of the most beautiful we had ever seen.     2016
This was the view out of our balcony on the front of the house.        2016
We had the whole top floor for 3 people (it had 3 bedrooms with many beds and a kitchen and living room.        2016
From our balcony we could see this cow grazing way up high above us. 
We could also hear the cows mooing and their bells ringing.    2016
This hill is right behind the house. If you did not hear Julie Andrews
 singing "The Hills are a live with the....              2016
A house in town with beautiful flowers          2016
Here's another on e of the house/hotels but it had yellow flowers. 
This lady in taditional walked out as I was taking pictures.      2016
Here's another cool house in Alpbach.      2016
The town of Alpbach has a bucket ride to the top of the tallest local mountain.      2016
This is a long ride up to the top and you came also get out at the halfway point as well.      2016
This was taken just moments after taking off, you can see some of the town below. At the top the houses at almost dots.
This picture was taken from the skybucket.     2016
I took this picture in the Alpbach.        2016
This was late in the day but the mountain was getting the sun.      2016
I took this while Bob was driving because of the weird beams of light shining over the mountain.      2016
Skybuckets near Eagles Nest.       2016
Here's a castle near Alpbach that is now a fancy hotel and restaurant .     2016
Here's another castle in the Alpbach area. We saw 2 more caastles nearby.      2016
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