We started our tour of Salzburg by visiting the Mirabell Gardens, which is among other things the spot where a scene from "The Sound of Music" was filmed (this will be a common theme today). The castle in the background overlooks the entire city:
Here's the view of the gardens from the other direction, where you can see Mirabell Palace, built by the prince archbishop for his mistress in 1606 (it's been rebuilt since, last in 1818). As you can see, the weather's turned colder and wetter...
This bridge crosses the Salzach river, and separates the old town from Mirabell Palace. The water is fed by glacier & mountain runoff, and runs pretty fast & clear. 
Here's a more panoramic shot of the same scene without the guy blocking the view:
In the heart of downtown, this is the birthplace of Mozart (his residence in later years is across the river, back by the Mirabell Gardens). His father rented the rooms below the golden emblem on the wall; now the entire building is a museum.
We spent most of the morning wandering around the old center of Salzburg, including a stop at the 'most authentic' eating place (according to an expat American living here); a tiny hole in the wall (quite literally) called the Balkan Grill, where an old lady in a space a little larger than a phone booth makes & sells 'bosna' (spiced sausage) sandwiches. She isn't very pleasant but her sandwiches are good!After lunch we toured the Augustiner Brewery; below a part of the group is peering into one of the brew kettles (our tour guide Oliver was a little concerned about the impact of yodeling into the kettle, which Stevey did as soon as he was close enough)...
As we left the brewery, the rain picked up again. Fortunately most of us had umbrellas -
Salzburg is up against a steep hill, which has been built directly into. There are many buildings on the cliff that butt up against it like so:
After finishing our tour & sight-seeing we walked back to the hotel and had dinner, then to bed. Tomorrow is another traveling day!
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