Chiemsee, Berchtesgaden, Salzburg and the Bavarian Alps

Gstadt, a small village on the Chiemsee where we stayed

Gästehaus Heistracher, our hotel, it was more of a Bed and Breakfast style place than a hotel. It was about 100ft or so away from the lakefront.

Gstadt at night from the balcony

Chiemsee from the balcony

Fraueninsel, a small island in the middle of the Chiemsee.

There is a village, a monastary and a couple cafes on the island. There were no paved roads or cars

Ricardo eyeballing my beer in the biergarden on Fraueninsel

Herreninsel is the largest island in the Chiemsee. There is only a large palace complex on the island, it is in the middle of a forrest that covers the entire island

Salzburg, Austria

Mirabell Garden and the Festung Castle

Mirabell Gardens, this is where the 'Zehn Kleine Do-Re-Mis' (Ten Little Do-Re-Mi) scene from the Sound of Music was filmed

Mozarts Geburtshaus, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in Salzburg's altstadt

The mainstreet in the altstadt

The University of Salzburg and Kaputziner Monastary in the background

'Since 803' - Behind the Bishop's residence is St. Peter's restaraunt which claims to be the oldest in Europe.

Domfriedhof, the graveyard behind the cathedral

Grave markers for the members of the Stumpfögger family, who were supposedly the inspiration for the 7 Dwarves fairytale

Salzburger Dom

The main entrance to the cathedral, the three dates over the door are the dates of the (re)construction of the cathedral. The first church on the site was built in 774, the cathedral as it is today was built in 1628 and it was reconstructed after the war in 1959.