I took a SOM tour in a small van with seven other people about my age or a little younger. Five of them were architect students from California that were in Italy studying the different structures---they made the tour a laugh a minute experience. They all knew the words to every song and recognized every place we went. We went to a bunch of places where they filmed the movies and a few places wher the Von Trapps actually lived. 
We went into the lake district about the time that a serious storm was starting. All of a sudden, the van was getting wet as wind was picking water up off the lake and trees were being blown over...quite a sight to be in! 
We stopped of at the church where the wedding took place in the movie and ate strudel and hot chocolate in a little cafe that had lost its power. We ate by candle light! We did not know if we were going to make it back to Salzburg or have to stay where we were...luckily the storm let up and we got on the road. We ran into more weather but eventually made it back to town!
I spent the rest of the afternoon with the architect students and toured the Festival Halls and other parts of Salzburg.
I made a reservation to go to a Mozart dinner concert...I know, not my usual kind of concert, but I thought since I was in Salzburg.
The concert was amazing and the 3 course meal was excellent as well. There were two opera singers and 6 musicians that played marvelous Mozart music. They were very entertaining and all dressed clothes of the time. Dinner did not end until almost 11pm and I still had to catch my bus. Late night but well worth the money!!
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