Salzburg, Austria

Let me first start by explaining the difference between "burg" and "berg"
Burg means fortress Berg means mountain
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We arrived in Salzburg by train from Munich and hopped into a taxi. We learned the above from our taxi driver because he saw that I had spelled Salzburg Salzberg. Amateur move, I know, but we learned something from it at least.
We got to our hotel, checked in and dropped off our bags and asked the front desk where we should go, since we only had the rest of the day in the cute, little city. She suggested that we take the Cable Car Up to the top of Untersbergbahn Mountain. It is the mountain that Maria (Sound of Music) is running through in the opening scene of the movie and it provides the most beautiful views of Salzburg.

We hiked around the top of the mountain, there were a ton of people up there. And then we found a table to join to have some beers and lunch. We sat with some local Austrians who turned into our friends and we ended up toasting a lot with them and they bought us a round of drinks. Everyone was so super nice and the Radlers (beer and lemonade) were so refreshing and delicious.

We took the Cable Car back down and the bus back to the main part of the city to Mirabellgarten. The grounds were beautiful and in full bloom.

We walked over the Salzach River and over to the Augustiner Braustubl. It is one of the largest beer gardens in Europe (if not the biggest) and the beer is brewed out of old wooden barrels and by monks! We walked into the building and it looked like an old church. There were a couple of large halls where you could sit inside, but if you walk through and down a few flights of stairs you end up outside where the tables and beer are. You order your beer from a man behind a register, pick up an unmarked stein, rinse it and then hand it to a monk and they poor the beer for you. It was awesome!

 We walked over to the main cathedral but the square was all set up for Oktoberfest celebrations, so we weren't able to check out the church. We found food for dinner and then went to bed. We left for Vienna the next day.