The hills ARE alive with the sound of music!!!!

Last time I had posted we were about to venture into Venice. We took a water boat to the main island of Venice and walked through all of the amazing streets and crossed several waterways. I took soooo many pictures. I was extremely dissapointed that the concert was cancelled and I had heard from someone that Steven Tyler was walking around on the streets in Vence. Of course we didn´t see him. I guess God figured I had my celebrity fix in Interlaken with Naughty By Nature...oh well. At our hostel we still were getting eaten by mosquitos. Adam turned into one giant welt and I unfortunately was attacked as well, but not as bad, which is surprising since I am so sweet.
The next day we had a lot of time to kill until our train to Austria. We hung around at the hostel then took another boat back to the main island. We hung out at the train station and patiently waited to get onto a nice air conditioned train. Boy were we wrong again...this time my patience was worn thin and I spoke up. When we boarded the train it was not so bad. We figured since we weren´t moving yet it would be ok. We started toward the next stop and all of a sudden a wave of heat came over us. Out of frustration we both took tours of the train trying to find some solution to this awful problem that seemed to be following us wherever we went. It has been one sweat box to the next lately and I had just about had it! During my mission I found some Irish girls that were about as angry as I was. We found the conductor who was a nasty old guy. He told us he would find out what the problem was and when the Irish girls demanded he come back with a report they also suggested he get a hair cut while he was at it. Luckily they came back and told us we could move...fortunately for us Americans we did not just settle for the less than sub par car that was next and went about 5 cars ahead where we had our own booth and was cool as a cucumber.
We arrived in Austria where we had to wait to catch our connecting train to Salzburg. It was Sunday, which in Europe means that everything shuts down and you are SOL if you want to get something to eat. We hoped that the food cart would be good on the next train but of course it wasn´t. We settled on another salami sandwich, which has seemed to be the common meal for us here in Europe, and scarfed it down. A few minutes later Adam was not feeling quite well then shortly after that I felt the same. We finally arrived in Salzburg, about 3 hours earlier than we had expected (I guess we read the arrival time wrong) which was an added plus! We got lost on the walk to the hostel but eventually got on track and arrived at Yoho hostel. We had a pizza then called it a night.
Yesterday we tried to go canyoning which is basically jumping off cliffs and swimming through water and such. Unfortunately it is booked until Thursday so we went to our next best option...THE SOUND OF MUSIC TOUR!!! We strolled around Salzburg in the morning then I patiently waited for the tour that would make this trip complete. I forgot to mention that this entire trip I have been singing the soundtrack and I also watched the movie on the train on the way to Austria. The bus came to pick us up at the hostel and we were well on our way. We had an entertaining host who told jokes and even called Adam and I the real `Lisel and Ralph´. We laughed it off then quickly corrected him. Throughout the tour we were able to listen to the soundtrack, which I belted out of course. We were able to see so many of the places where the movie took place...I was in heaven. We saw the house it was filmed at, the famous gazebo, the church they got married at, the abby and we were given several behind the scenes information. At one of the stops we made we were able to do a summer tabogen which is equivalent to like an alpine slide for those who have done it. Adam and I went on a double and laughed our asses off as we went up the mountain. There was barely enough room for the two of us on this 3 foot piece of plastic. We went down the slide and taped the whole thing...screaming and all. It was pretty fun. When we got back we arrived infront of the Mirabel Gardens where another one of the scenes was filmed. This is where they perfromed Do rei me. Needless to say I did a performance in the gardens as well and it is on film for all to see when we return. It is quite funny and has had us laughing everytime we watch it. The gardens really were beautiful and quite breathtaking...and I certainly am not one who is in awe of nature but this place was really cool. After dinner we strolled around Old Salzburg and went to a famous Beer Garden. It was really cool and they had really good food. We then got a cafe somewhere and as I turned around I noticed right behind us was the birthplace of Mozart! I again tried to absorb some musical talent while being in the presence of his old house...but you can ask Adam I have enough musical talent already and have been displaying those talents throughout this trip...especially where the hills are alive with the sound of music.
Today we heard that it was going to be about 35 degrees Celcius which is almost 100 degrees Farenheit. In the morning we walked around Salzburg again and saw some churches, which were all so intricate and beautiful. We then went to the public pool right next to the Von Trapp household. This public pool is certainly not like something you would find in the United States. It was sooo nice...they had waterslides, huge diving boards, and it was really clean. I even decided to jump off the 5 meter diving board. Needless to say I did end up taking up the French cultures here in Austria. I was wearing my strapless bathing suit and somehow it fell right off as I jumped into the water, even though I held on to it for dear life. As soon as I was under water I panicked to get my top back on before I surfaced...no such luck and as soon as I got to the top I had all my hair in my face and couldn´t breathe. I´m pretty sure everyone who was waiting on the diving board had a nice view of my very white ass. Adam also got this on tape but don´t worry there won´t be any Paris Hilton type videos hitting the internet because it was taken from very far away...whewwww!
Well that is pretty much it. Tomorrow we are heading to Munich, Germany and we still have hope that we will be able to do some type of adventure sport because the diving board and the tabogen slide just isn´t cutting it. Adam has taken a lot of videos...mostly of me doing something rediculous but nonetheless funny. I´m sure everyone will enjoy them when we get back. Auf Wiedersehen!!