If you’d ask me where I’d want to go on this planet, I don’t think Austria would’ve been top 10. Probably not even top 50. To be honest, I knew it existed but had no idea what was there. Little did I know that The Sound of Music was filmed there, and our favorite governor, Arnold Schwarzy, is from there. Over five days I was able to tour Salzburg, Vienna, and Graz, Austria.

I must say, the rail system there is incredible. It takes about 3 hours to travel from Salzburg to Vienna, roughly 200 miles. In California, it takes 5 hours to go from LA to SLO about 200 miles. Get it together, California. Don’t even get me started on the public trans once you’re in the city.

Salzburg is where most of the following pictures are from as I thought it to be the most scenic and capture the country side of Austria—my kinda photos. These were actually shot mostly from The Sound of Music tour! Following those are pictures of Vienna and its palace, the Schonbrunn. Enjoy!