Mom and Dad's European Extravaganza, part...I don't remember...but it happened last May!

We had two more days than what I blogged about with Mom and Dad when they traveled here last year. We enjoyed one day visiting Halstatt, Austria, a beautiful little town on the edge of a lake that has thrived on coal mining for thousands of years, according to archeological evidence. The next day we went to Salzburg, the birthplace of Mozart.

A photo tour:

On the boat, crossing the lake to Halstatt, Austria.

Picture perfect..

The town center

Posing in my new hat...

An art exhibit on the lake


Mark inspects the funicular tracks that will take us up the mountain

I loved Austria!

Absolutely gorgeous!

Dressed to go into the mine...

We walked far into the mountain, and then took a slide deeper down still. The slide was used as a quick way to get to different levels of the mine. They clocked our top speed at 34km/hr. Quick indeed! Here's Dad getting off the slide at the bottom. That was fun!

Streets of Salzburg


Mozart's birthplace

Inside one of the cathedrals (can't remember which one)...

Saying goodbye (this was a sad moment)... Mom and Dad went on to England after this, and we drove the car back to Lyon.