So how do you say "ice" in German????

Day 3 had us exploring Salzburg Austria in more detail and it is truly a remarkable city with a history rich in luxurious culture. After the breakfast buffet supplied by the hotel, it was off to the “old city” and to ultimately make our way to the monstrous fortress set on the hill overlooking the city. On our way there, we were able to stroll aside the river that cuts the town in half along with about a million people on bikes and roller blades, that is definitely something you would not see back in the states. The weather was about 80 degrees without any humidity so a nice day for us but apparently too hot for the locals. Anyways, on our way to the fortress, we were able to visit a church that has been around since the 15th Century that was actually bombed during WWII but rebuilt and has a 4,000 pipe organ, cool stuff. Finally made it to the fortress, this thing was massive and it is hard to put it into words the enormity of this thing. According to our tour guide, the Prince Archbishop had it built and each subsequent ruler added on to it and it just kept growing and growing. The tour was a very intimate and involved tour, allowing us to go in places that other castles wouldn’t allow, like the torture room/prison. You can see in the pictures that chains and torture devices that are still hanging from the wall and a grate in the floor prisoners were lowered through to live out their days. The view from the top was amazing, we could see everything around with a perspective that is hard to describe, I know I would’ve felt safe in there 500 years ago. One of the coolest things we saw there was a recently discovered chapel that was built in the 1100’s and the frescoes that used to decorate the walls and Roman archways as well as original remains of the first fortress walls built by the Romans in the 4th Century, I think that is so cool. Here is this church from the 1100’s that is 3 times as the country we call home. Afterward several hours exploring the fortress, we made our way down to the city center again, walked the streets, people watched for what seemed forever. After that we toured the Mirabell Gardens which was the summer home for the chief resident of the Fortress. I don’t understand the appeal of acres and acres of flowers but apparently everyone loves them so I took the obligatory pictures of them for you guys to enjoy. That pretty much was the touring for the day, we came back, took a breather, grabbed some authentic Austrian dishes for dinner and made it back to pack up and get ready for tomorrow. The plan for tomorrow is to drive back to Munich, drop the car off to be shipped back so it will get a head start on me and then we are going to board a train to take us to Venice! A long 7 hour train ride awaits us, so I’ll take some candid photos, what we can on the train and then some when we get to Venice, our hotel is on the Grand Canal so I should get some good pictures. I hope you all are doing well. Ciao.