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As Susan's mom was able to visit us for Christmas 2005 and seen a good amount of England we all decided that this year we would spend Christmas day in England again then take a trip to a place that we have all always wanted to visit - Austria. The place that people think of for three main things - Skiing, Mozart and the Sound of Music. Since we were not skiers or going to visit the western portions of Austria where the Alps are we chose the latter two. We hope you enjoy our photos showing our travels.

We began with Salzburg for two main reasons, first the best flight from London went there, second it would leave the second half of our trip in Vienna over New Year's Eve, which you will see later.

We began our first day of travel through Salzburg with a proper breakfast at none other than the oldest cafe in town, Cafe Tomaselli - since 1705.

A stroll down the famous shopping street in Salzburg, the Getreidegasse, all of the shops are identified by the metal signs you can see that overhang the street.

Our first primary stop was none other than the birthplace of the great composer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - born here on January 25, 1756. He moved from here when he was 17 in 1773. Of course he had been touring most of Europe as a child prodigy for most of those years.

Mom and Ian spend some time in one of the Christmas markets that was still going even though it was three days after Christmas.

In one of the squares we found these children in song about the Christmas season.

Half way through the day we found our way to a restaurant called Carpe Diem that was exactly opposite of traditional Austrian food like Weiner schnitzel - cone finger foods.