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- Ready for our Greek adventure
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- Symphony group at Parthenon
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- Ready, Set, Go! Ancient Olympic Stadium
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- Old Olympic Stadium, 1896
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- New Olympic Stadium, 1982
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- Theatre of Dionysus & New Acropolis Museum in Athens
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- Meteora Mountains
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- Monastery in the Meteora Mountains
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- Hellenistic statues in the Archeological Museum of Delphi
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- Archeological site in the prehistoric town of Akrotiri in Fira, Santorini
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- Greek Dancers
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- Priest Painting Religious Icons
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- Chapel in Santorini
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- It is a tough life but some one has to do it!
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- Temple of Apollo at Delphi
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- Monasteries on the clifftops of Meteora
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- David and Barbara McLaud
The Sound of Music in Austria
Excerpt from the travel journal of Donna Norwood:
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- Pictures on Lake Fushl.
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- Dinner at Restaurant Vienne which was built in 1829.
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- Dinner at Restaurant Vienne which was built in 1829.
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- A violin maker advertising his trade in the window!
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- The birthplace of Mozart in Salzburg.
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- McDonald’s sign Salzburg style!!
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- The beautiful dessert at the Kursalon.
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- The fountain outside the Vienna State Opera House.
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- A train, that you can barely see, on the tracks on the side of the mountain on Lake of the Moon.
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- Inside the Vienna State Opera House.
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- A unique clock in Vienna similar to a glockenspiel.
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- Dinner in Salzburg after the church service in the Nonnberg Abbey.
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- Our group at dinner in the Bermuda Brau restaurant in Vienna. Fun night!!
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- A view of the Austrian countryside on the way to the Lake of the Moon.
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- One of the exquisite stained glass windows at The Cistercian Monastery “Heiligenkreuz”.
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- The giant screen on the side of the Vienna State Opera House where people can watch the performances if they cannot get tickets. Margaret and I went to watch “Foust” for about 30 minutes. We had no clue what they were saying (or should I say singing?)
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- Baby grapes in the vineyard at the Winery.
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- A cart loaded with salt from the mines in Salzburg. Salz means “salt”.
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- Me relaxing with hot tea outside the Hotel Altstadt in Salzburg.
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- The Kursalon in Vienna had a scrumptious dinner followed by a concert of music by Strauss and Mozart.
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- A plaque commerating Fredrick Chopin.
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- A few of the group having dessert in the Hotel Sacher!
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- The Hotel Sacher in Vienna. We had a lavish dessert and the richest hot chocolate I have ever tasted!!
Excerpt from the travel journal of Neal Albright, Travel Chair:
The most beautiful Austrian scenery I saw was in the Salzkammergut area, east of Saltzburg, where “The Sound of Music” was filmed. There were many locations used in the film, often many miles away from each other.
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- Salzburg River flows through Salzburg
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- A Vienna street
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- Neal Albright at Schoenbrun Palace
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- St. Michael’s Basiliaca
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- The USSI Travel Group (left to right) Donna Sell, Margaret Desio, Kevin Hinson, Leslie Pugh, Harriet Metrosky, Beth Brantley, Donna Norwood, Mathew Belk, Neal Albright, Stephanie Belk
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- The steps at Mirabel Gardens where the von Trapp children learned “Do, Re, Mi” and part of our travel group
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- Leopoldskron Lake – the scene on the patio with the lake in the background
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- The gazebo where Liesl & Rolfe sang “I am Seventeen, Going on Eighteen”
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- Fuschl am See
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- Restaurant in St Wolfgang – the branches of this small tree growing in the sidewalk crack, covers the entire side of the building
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- St. Michael’s Basiliaca
A BIG Symphony thank you to Neal for chairing the Travel Committee this season and contributing to a successful and memorable trip to Austria.
Photos by: Neal Albright
Excerpt from the travel journal of Matthew & Stephanie Belk:
It so hard to name just one special moment on the Union Symphony trip to Austria. We had a knowledgeable guide and learned so much.
On our second night in Salzburg, we heard that sometimes the nuns of Nonnberg Convent sing at vespers. The convent dates back to 700 a.d. Five of us hiked no small amount of steps up to the convent and were rewarded with an ethereal service. The nuns voices echoed from behind upper floors since we were not allowed to see them just hear their stunning songs.
On the way back down we came upon a restaurant that had a panoramic view of Salzburg’s roof tops. Our meal was most enjoyably interrupted at 8pm by a cacophony of all of Salzburg’s church bells. A magical time.
Photos by: Matthew & Stephanie Belk
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