Sound of Music & Austria
Ok, did you know the Sound of Music was shot in Salzburg and the neighboring Salzkammergut area? The movie is loosely based on the true story of the von Trapp singers. The movie was filmed in Austria in 1965 and guess what, it was a big flop in Austria! A non-sound of music enthusiast would probably not care much about this post. I do have to confess that the beauty of the place capivated me more than the ties to the movie. Before you read on, you might also want to read this!
Anyway after a morning of wonderful classical music, I thought we should continue the journey of music with the "The Sound of Music bus tour". To be honest, it was not as great as I had hoped it would be. The tour guide however did tell us it would be impossible to cover all the places shown in the movie in a 4 hour trip. Oh well, its a good thing that Salzburg is just 130kms from Munich, I guess R & I will have to cover the places on our own.
Our first stop was at Hellbrunn Palace. Remember the kids hanging from tree tops in an alleyway after the picnic with Maria singing Do-Re-Mi? Well, you can see the alleyway below...
Below you can see the gazebo (located in Hellbrunn palace grounds) where Rolf & Liesl sing "16 going on 17". Talking about the post boy Rolf, he was not the Nazi, it was their butler who was.
The Leopoldskron castle was used to represent the rear of the von Trapp family home. remember the scene were the kids fall off the boat and come into the backyard dripping wet, or the lemonade scene ?
While Leopoldskron castle was used for the rear, the Frohnburg Palace was used to show the entrance to the von Trapp family home. This is the location were Maria comes in singing "I have confidence".
The church at Mondsee in Salzkammergut region was used to film the wedding of Maria & Captain von Trapp. Btw, did I mention that "see" in German refers to a lake? All the words that end with see imply they are a lake and sometimes the cities bordering the lake go by the same name like Mondsee.
The church seen from a distance
The interior of the church
Other areas used for filming in the Salzkammergut region was the Fuschlsee, Wolfgangsee and St.Gilgens. Also, St.Gilgens is the village where Mozart's mother was born.
Wolfgangsee
St.Gilgens Village
Ofcourse there are lot more sites in Austria tied to the movie and I hope to see them the next time I visit the Salzburg area.
Bis bald, yaathri
Anyway after a morning of wonderful classical music, I thought we should continue the journey of music with the "The Sound of Music bus tour". To be honest, it was not as great as I had hoped it would be. The tour guide however did tell us it would be impossible to cover all the places shown in the movie in a 4 hour trip. Oh well, its a good thing that Salzburg is just 130kms from Munich, I guess R & I will have to cover the places on our own.
Our first stop was at Hellbrunn Palace. Remember the kids hanging from tree tops in an alleyway after the picnic with Maria singing Do-Re-Mi? Well, you can see the alleyway below...
Below you can see the gazebo (located in Hellbrunn palace grounds) where Rolf & Liesl sing "16 going on 17". Talking about the post boy Rolf, he was not the Nazi, it was their butler who was.
The Leopoldskron castle was used to represent the rear of the von Trapp family home. remember the scene were the kids fall off the boat and come into the backyard dripping wet, or the lemonade scene ?
While Leopoldskron castle was used for the rear, the Frohnburg Palace was used to show the entrance to the von Trapp family home. This is the location were Maria comes in singing "I have confidence".
The church at Mondsee in Salzkammergut region was used to film the wedding of Maria & Captain von Trapp. Btw, did I mention that "see" in German refers to a lake? All the words that end with see imply they are a lake and sometimes the cities bordering the lake go by the same name like Mondsee.
The church seen from a distance
The interior of the church
Other areas used for filming in the Salzkammergut region was the Fuschlsee, Wolfgangsee and St.Gilgens. Also, St.Gilgens is the village where Mozart's mother was born.
Wolfgangsee
St.Gilgens Village
Ofcourse there are lot more sites in Austria tied to the movie and I hope to see them the next time I visit the Salzburg area.
Bis bald, yaathri
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