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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Salzburg (Austria)

Today we cross the border and enter Salzburg, Austria. Austria used to be a very rich nation because salt was found in Austria. At the time, salt was extremely valuable that people refer to it as WHITE GOLD because salt was able to preserve food (no refrigeration yet). Thus Austria became rich selling salt.

Salzburg is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and it was where the “Sound of Music” movie was filmed. Almost half the day was spent on the coach but that can’t be help. It’s normal when you are traveling around Europe because you wouldn’t want to stay in just stay one place; you want to see the whole of it. Well, nothing much happened, more of a photo stop so enjoy the pictures.

Some History about Austria
The King of Rome was very close to the Hasburg family therefore he asked them to help rule the then Austria (Austria used to include Spain). Since the Hasburg family has got 2 sons, the then Austria was split into 2, the now Austria and Spain.

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