Saturday, April 12, 2008

Strasbourg (France)

It took 3 hours to reach Strasbourg from Mannheim and i slept throughout the journey. Strasbourg is the capital and principle city in the Alsace region of north-eastern france. At the Hauptbahnhof finally!
The train which i took from Wissembourg towards Strasbourg.
Inside the Hauptbanhof

Outside the Hauptbahnhof. It looks really grand!


Tram in France.



Its spring!





The Cathedral. 

Inside the Cathedral.



The Astronomical Clock inside the cathedral.


Yummy yum! 
The altstadt.

This Charlie Chaplin basker was entertaining!


Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Salzburg

Salzburg (salt castle) was the first destination of my easter trip. It is a city in Austria. We had to take an almost 9 hour train ride with 4 changes at train stations. This is Munich Hauptbahnhof. I will visit it someday- the stadium Allianz Arena. 

In Salzburg
Inside Schloss Mirabell 
Love is in the air
After walking out of the porch and into the garden area, i met the same couple again taking their wedding pictures

Another wedding couple. Seems like it was a good and fine weather to take wedding pictures that day
Miniature maze
Super-woman
Weekend market outside Universität Kirche
Artist and his almost done bunny drawing

Salzburg was where Mozart was born and lived- perhaps that was why there were many aspiring-musicians to be everywhere we go. 

Inside the Festung-World of Marionettes



Harry Potter's invisible cloak

Before entering the Berchtesgadan- this kid's top inside the souvenir shop caught my attention. "wenn Papa+Mama nein sagen, frage ich Opa+Oma." Which just means, when mum and dad says no, ask grandpa and grandma!
Traditional costumes

The ship that i was on! 
Before we set off
The ship captain played a tune on his trumpet for us to hear the echo of the music