Austria: Salzburg

I will be the first to admit that the original appeal in visiting Salzburg was due to the fact that The Sound of Music was filmed here. A movie that has been one of my favorites for as long as I can remember. But, as things inevitably work out, I discovered that there's more to Salzburg than visiting old movie sets.
I only had one day in Salzburg and I knew I had a lot of ground to cover so I coffeed up, checked into my hotel, got my map and set out. I am definitely one of those people who tries to conceal the fact that I'm a tourist and for most of the time, do a pretty good job blending in. How do I know this? Because people approached me quite a few times on this trip speaking in German. However, this time, the frequent use of my map was a dead giveaway that I was a tourist.
If you recall from my Munich post, Munich gained power by monopolizing the salt industry. Well...Salzburg means, "Salt Castle" and It derives its name from the barges carrying salt on the Salzach River back in the 8th century. Munich got its salt from Salzburg. They do have a tour that allows you to visit the salt mines but unfortunately, I didn't have time for that.
I started by crossing the Mozart bridge into Mozartplatz. Salzburg is also the birthplace of Mozart so they have quite a few landmarks named after him. Then I made my way through the Residenzplatz, payed my respects in the Salzburg Cathedral, walked through the Domplatz, Kapitelplatz (btw, I think "platz" means "square") and basically continued to walk around all of old town until I made my way back to where I started.
I did notice that many of the bridges in these countries have "love locks" on them. This is a custom by which locks, or padlocks, are affixed to a bridge as a sign of a couple's everlasting love for one another. Apparently this tradition goes back quite a while but only really started popping up all over Europe in the early 2000's. I definitely enjoyed seeing all the love locks in the many cities that I visited.
Next stop: Santa Clara, California...home...definitely not ready to go back...