Poland, Austria and meeting the real Maria von Trapp

After our trip to the USA in May we decided on a low-budget trip in Europe during the summer holidays. We spent one week with the family in Swinoujscie, Poland. We had reasonable weather, we could bike a lot and make some trips to Germany as the borders are open now for the cars as well.

Then we continued our road trip to our friends in Jelenia Gora, the south of Poland. There are beautiful mountains and nice places to see. So we made some trips to the mountains of the Karkanoszy.

Then after a week we continued our journey and crossed the Czech republic to arrive in Austria. We stayed at an appartement an hour south of Salzburg. We stayed in a resort at 1350 m. high! You could feel that as in the evening it became cooler quickly. And in the morning you sometimes see the cloud hanging on the mountains. But we were lucky with the weather that week. The appartement was huge. The food was great. We could hear the cows in the morning when they walked on the meadows. Lots of activities for the children and adults too every day (Magic Mountain).
They offered for instance walks in the mountains, bike tours, shooting arrows, all kinds of sports etc etc. They kept us busy the whole day.
We also went one day to Salzburg. A beautiful small city with a castle on a hill and the birthplace of Mozart . And also of course to see the film locations of the movie Sound of Music. We had looked up all the locations on the internet and made our own tour. We also visited the original villa/house where the real family Von Trapp stayed. It was changed into a hotelsoon to be opened. But when we arrived the gate was closed. But we rang the bell and after a while the gate opened and we met the owners and as a real special surprise we met the real Maria von Trapp. She had been flown in from the USA for a special occasion with her sister in law Erika von Trapp.(wife of Kurt) . Maria von Trapp was one of the oldest daughters of captain von Trapp and Maria von Trapp. She was 94 years old and living now in the USA! She was very kind and good of health still! To meet her was really special for us and for Maaike. At the end Maaike even sang some songs out of the msuical for her. The hotel will be opened somewhere in october and there will be again a special party. Maybe we get an invitation? We will put photos of our journey and the meeting with Maria soon!