So, our original plan was to spend 4 days in Salzburg, Austria. We got there on the 25th with plenty of time to walk around. Our first stop was the Hohensalzburg fortress which was really cool...it was way on top of a hill over looking the city which you can see below, and it's the biggest castle in...austria? europe? i forget, but it is huge!
View of Salzburg from Hohensalzburg
I don't know why this pic came out so small...but here we are :)
Inside the castle was really cool...and also very ornate. We're standing in front of a cool stove.
Inside the castle there was also a museum with a bunch of stuff from WWI & II...dad and I are standing next to a big bomb.
Yay - a cow!!! :) At one point, this castle had been under siege and they were running out of food. But, of course, they didn't want their enemies to know that....but they only had one cow left....so, they took the cow and showed it to the army down below...then painted the cow a different color and showed it again to the army below...they did this a couple times until the enemies thought they still had enough food.....and they gave up! GO COWS!! :)
Also, Austria is famous for the Sound of Music story...we tried to go visit the house used in the filming of the movie, but we couldn't get in it...Austrians hate that movie for some reason...
Here we are on a bridge and you can see Hohensalzburg in the background on the hill. Salzburg is also famous because Motzart was born there...we saw his house and the house he was born in, but we didn't go in them either.
This is Mirabell...there is a castle, but it has some really pretty gardens...and a particularly nice view of Hohensalzburg too!
Devon and I got to pet a unicorn!!!
We only ended up staying in Salzburg for 1 night instead of 3 because the weather forcasted all rain...and we were pretty sick of rain....so we decided to drive to Italy which was a little over 3 hours away! And we got to see a lot of the Alps on our way down there :)
Here I am driving through one of the million tunnles that go under the alps!
And we finally made it to our destination, Aquileia, Itay! yay! we were all so happy, as soon as we drove into Italy (on the 26th) it was like sunny and warm!
They have Pam supermarkets in Italy too!
We spent the first part of our day walking around the quaint little town...we saw lots of really old stuff, like a mosoleum, and some Roman ruins...and the Basilica which you can see partially in the background.
Here we are walking towards the Basilica...it was really old had a really beautiful mosaic floor on the inside.
Devon and I had to cover our shoulders while inside.
Here we are sitting on a really old bath of somekind...we think it was for baptizing people or something, but there were no signs telling us what it was!
We spent the rest of the day in Grado...a very beautiful city! It's actually an island and we drove over a cool bridge to get to it.
We walked along the coast of the Adriatic Sea until we came to the public beach and went for a swim :)
Grado had a couple canals in it too.
That night we thought there was supposed to be a piano bar type thing going on next to the basilica...at least that's what the brochure said...but we never found it...we just drank wine and roamed the streets of Aquileia at night instead :)
They are everywhere in Germany! We're trying to talk Dad into getting one :)
And ohhhh, the Hofbrauhaus :) Time for beer! 
1 whole Liter of beer...all for me :) I had 2 of them! 
And more beer....
And more....
and more...
Even Mom had beer!! 
She even drank it all! 
Dad gave the beer a rating of 5/5! It was really good :) 
Yay! We love the Hofbrauhaus! 
Everyone say "Kaesaaaaaaaaaaa" 
Mom apparently loves kease :) (cheese) 
Mainly to see Juliet's house from Romeo and Juliet! This is the actual Capulet's house in Verona which Shakespere wrote about! You can see her balcony! It was so crouded there. 
I actually went in the house and got to stand on Juliet's balcony :) No one else went in because there wasn't really any place to park, so they took turns watching the car while I ran in. I would have liked to spend more time in Verona because it looked like a very pretty and interesting city, but we were on a schedule and wanted to go to...
Venice!! (I still can't believe we went there!)
It was really hot and sunny out there...my map had a duel purpose of getting us around and sheilding me from the sun :) 
Here is Stefan standing in front of one of the water taxis...they looked really nice, but I think it was something rediculous like 60 Euros to go around in one....the more traditional Gondolas would be around 70 Euros for all of us to get a ride.
There were LOTS of bridges in Venice...we spent a lot of the day just wondering aroundthe little allyways and over bridges, hopefully we would end up in San Marco Piazza....it would be really easy to get lost in Venice, and it was a lot bigger than I thought it would be.
Mom and Dad posing in front of one of the numerous churches there were. 
Devon and Dad trying to figure out on the map where we were in front of one of hte bigger canals. 
Yay...another bridge! There are SO many old buildings around! 
A Cool little side canal. 
Here I am checking out some artwork next to another really big old church...there were so many, it was hard to keep track of them! 
We finally made it to San Marco Piazza...it was huge! AND Andrea Bocelli is performing there on July 1st and tickets are only 21 euros!!! (hence all the fences and chairs and stuff....and i really want to go!!)
Part of San Marco Piazza...can you see me in this pic??
Here we are in front of the main church....the line to get in was so long...we decided not to wait in it. 
Here are Devon and Stefan in the middle of the piazza...you can kinda get an idea of how big it is!
OMG, there are so many things to look at!!
Stefan with yet another bridge!
Devon and I found a deserted allyway!
I believe this is the Grand Canal....but it's very picturesque!
Abother bridge with another really old building in the background :) Venice was really cool...there were just so many little allies and canals you could go exploring...and it's really old...I had so many questions about it when we left....like how did they build it...it was started in the 10th century i thing so it must have been hard? how deep is the water...how to people even get their groceries or other necessities? what happens if there is a fire? or someone needs an ambulence?? And how do they get clean, not salty water? and how did they get fresh water back in the day? I'm sure they didn't have like underground pipes pumping it in? I'm sure I have a million more questions but I just forget them all. 
We had dinner in Venice, and got some yummy Italien pasteries for dessert...then drove home and were all so exausted, we could't even finish our bottle of wine and just went t bed. The next day, we drove back to Germany...it was about a 5 hour drive. We did pass this cool castle somewhere in Austria I think. 
View of Salzburg from Hohensalzburg
I don't know why this pic came out so small...but here we are :) 
Inside the castle was really cool...and also very ornate. We're standing in front of a cool stove.
Inside the castle there was also a museum with a bunch of stuff from WWI & II...dad and I are standing next to a big bomb. 
Yay - a cow!!! :) At one point, this castle had been under siege and they were running out of food. But, of course, they didn't want their enemies to know that....but they only had one cow left....so, they took the cow and showed it to the army down below...then painted the cow a different color and showed it again to the army below...they did this a couple times until the enemies thought they still had enough food.....and they gave up! GO COWS!! :)
Also, Austria is famous for the Sound of Music story...we tried to go visit the house used in the filming of the movie, but we couldn't get in it...Austrians hate that movie for some reason...
Here we are on a bridge and you can see Hohensalzburg in the background on the hill. Salzburg is also famous because Motzart was born there...we saw his house and the house he was born in, but we didn't go in them either.
This is Mirabell...there is a castle, but it has some really pretty gardens...and a particularly nice view of Hohensalzburg too! 
Devon and I got to pet a unicorn!!!
We only ended up staying in Salzburg for 1 night instead of 3 because the weather forcasted all rain...and we were pretty sick of rain....so we decided to drive to Italy which was a little over 3 hours away! And we got to see a lot of the Alps on our way down there :) 
Here I am driving through one of the million tunnles that go under the alps!
And we finally made it to our destination, Aquileia, Itay! yay! we were all so happy, as soon as we drove into Italy (on the 26th) it was like sunny and warm!
They have Pam supermarkets in Italy too! 
We spent the first part of our day walking around the quaint little town...we saw lots of really old stuff, like a mosoleum, and some Roman ruins...and the Basilica which you can see partially in the background. 
Here we are walking towards the Basilica...it was really old had a really beautiful mosaic floor on the inside. 
Devon and I had to cover our shoulders while inside.
We spent the rest of the day in Grado...a very beautiful city! It's actually an island and we drove over a cool bridge to get to it. 
We walked along the coast of the Adriatic Sea until we came to the public beach and went for a swim :)
Grado had a couple canals in it too.
That night we thought there was supposed to be a piano bar type thing going on next to the basilica...at least that's what the brochure said...but we never found it...we just drank wine and roamed the streets of Aquileia at night instead :) 