This is the charmingest place we have ever lived in, for repose, & restfulness, & superb scenery whose beauty undergoes a perpetual processional change from one miracle to another, yet never runs short of fresh surprises & new inventions. We shall always come here for the summers if we can.
― Mark Twain in a letter to Joseph Twichell
from Weggis, Switzerland, 31 July 1897
This summer, the hills were alive with the sound of music… And cowbells and alphorns! The slideshow below shows a selection of pictures from my trip to Austria and Switzerland, including views of Vienna, Hallstatt and the Salzkammergut region, Salzburg, Lucerne, Interlaken and the Bernese Oberland, Montreux, Bern, and Zurich. For even more, click here to see the entire collection on Flickr.
Planning my trip
Onboard a Swiss Air flight from Montreal to Zurich.
Café Hawelka, a classic Viennese coffee house.
Dinner at Zum weissen Rauchfrangkeher
A dapper driver and his carriage.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum
Gustave Klimt spandrel
The Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vermeer’s “The Art of Painting”
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
Vienna, Austria
The Belvedere, Vienna
Klimt’s “The Kiss”
Scene from a gay pride parade
Dressing for the opera
The State Opera in Vienna.
A post-opera snack at Gerstner
The Vienna Boys’ Choir performs during a mass at the Hofburgkapelle
The Vienna Boys’ Choir
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Bad Ischl, Austria
Bad Ischl, Austria
Dirndls
Bad Ischl, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Salt mines tour, Halstatt
Salt mines tour, Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt, Austria
Zwölferhorn Mountain cable car, St. Gilgen, Austria
St. Gilgen, Austria
St. Gilgen, Austria
St. Wolfgang, Austria
St. Wolfgang, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
“Sound of Music” gazebo on the grounds of Schloss Hellbrunn
“Sound of Music” tour, church in Mondsee
“Sound of Music” tour, church in Mondsee
Monsee, Austria
Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Austria
Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg, Austria
Luzern, Switzerland
Luzern, Switzerland
Luzern, Switzerland
Luzern, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Mount Pilatus, Switzerland
Luzern, Switzerland
Kapellbrücke, Luzern, Switzerland
Mürren, Switzerland
Allmendhubel, Switzerland
Allmendhubel, Switzerland
Edelweiss
Mürren, Switzerland
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Swiss fondue in Interlaken
Jungfraujoch
The peak of the Mönch from the Jungfraujoch
Jungfraujoch
Alpine wildflowers, Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
Stechelberg, Switzerland
Schilthorn, Switzerland
Schilthorn, Switzerland
Schilthorn, Switzerland
Zweisimmen, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland
The flower walk in Montreaux, Switzerland
Château de Chillon, Montreux, Switzerland
Château de Chillon, Montreux, Switzerland
Château de Chillon, Montreux, Switzerland
Lake Geneva, Switzerland
Gruyères, Switzerland
Gruyères, Switzerland
Gruyères, Switzerland
Gruyères, Switzerland
Gruyères, Switzerland
Cailler’s chocolate factory in Broc, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Murten, Switzerland
Murten, Switzerland
Murten, Switzerland
Murten, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
FIFA World Football Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
FIFA World Football Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
FIFA World Football Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Kunsthaus Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Van Gogh self-portrait with bandaged ear, Kunsthaus Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
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