Visiting Kehlsteinhaus (Eagles Nest) in Austria

[Wyatt Burp]

Three weeks ago I went to Germany with a friend to visit my son who's a private contractor working on an American base there. Three hours to beautiful Austria where we took a bus up to the Kehlsteinhaus then hiked back down. It was very strange being where all those ghouls relaxed when not committing their atrocities. But a good feeling standing where the real AND cinematic Band Of Brothers also stood. My son is in these pictures but the first one is not Eagles Nest but atop Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany. 2nd photo he is on top what looks like a bombed out bunker. A real high point was the city of Salzburg, Austria, birth place of Mozart. So nice we stayed there two nights. That yellow house was where Mozart was born.

 

[Rudi]

Wonderful! Salzburg is an incredible city.

 

[ameridaddy]

It's been 20+ years since I've been to that area and loved it! We found it drop-dead gorgeous, everywhere we went. Salzburg was charming, and I thought Vienna was even more beautiful than Paris, because they had not corrupted their skyline and destroyed architectural treasures for modern architects' vile, sterile, insulting-to-the-eye ego trips. Pei's pyramid by the Louvre and that oil refinery-looking building are just a couple of examples. I shudder to think what has happened since I last saw them.
In that same manner, the London riverfront has been absolutely ruined IMHO. The PTB had the gall to put example after example of that modernist junk surrounding and towering over the White Tower (Tower of London), which used to be the visual anchor of historical London.
Fortunately, the Bavarian and Austrian Alps don't allow much room for that, and travel through that area is a joy for the eye and soul.
Thanks for sharing your experience!

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Wonderful! Salzburg is an incredible city.

Wandering through those old tight little streets that Amadeus once strolled through, making a point of eating what I've never tried before, drinking endless beers that I have never seen, no one bashing in shop windows to steal stuff, totally safe late at night in the beautiful Salzburg city park. Watching a live jazz band in the city square at night. And everyone was so friendly.

 

[Rustyt1953]

His wonders to behold.

 

[yaktamer]

Wonderful! Salzburg is an incredible city.

Probably my favorite.

 

[snowman]

Is the Mozart house occupied, or strictly a museum?

Andy

 

[StrawHat]

It has been 50 years since I visited! Thank you for retrieving long forgotten memories!

Kevin

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Is the Mozart house occupied, or strictly a museum?

Andy

I don't know. we just looked at from the outside while walking around. I assumed his family lived in an apartment there.
I did not realized Salzburg was such a small city. Looks like just over 150,000 people. I saw something there I've never seen before. a tour bus quickly converted to a boat with pontoons then driving into the river.

 

[yaktamer]

Is the Mozart house occupied, or strictly a museum?

Andy

Museum:
Mozart's birthplace - Wikipedia

Been almost 40 years since I was there. My memory isn't really clear, but I seem to recall it was worth seeing if you were in Salzburg anyway, but probably not a special trip all on its own.

 

[Class III]

Last time I was in Salzburg was November, 1989 visiting one of my brothers and his wife and daughter who lived in Nurnberg at the time.

One of our uncles had been part of the "Band of Brothers" and had participated in the taking of Salzburg. We felt it was important to go pay our respects to "Uncle Johhny" for the struggles he endured during WW2.

While we were in Salzburg, a friend of my brothers got in touch with him and informed him that the Berlin Wall was coming down. We made a nine hour drive to Berlin to see THE WALL come down. I still have a few pieces of THE WALL I knocked out with hammer and chisel.

Class III

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Last time I was in Salzburg was November, 1989 visiting one of my brothers and his wife and daughter who lived in Nurnberg at the time.

One of our uncles had been part of the "Band of Brothers" and had participated in the taking of Salzburg. We felt it was important to go pay our respects to "Uncle Johhny" for the struggles he endured during WW2.

While we were in Salzburg, a friend of my brothers got in touch with him and informed him that the Berlin Wall was coming down. We made a nine hour drive to Berlin to see THE WALL come down. I still have a few pieces of THE WALL I knocked out with hammer and chisel.

Class III

Good timing in Germany and nine hours well spent. Here's a statue in the Salzburg park with a guy I got a kick out of having a good time. Also, we went to the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart.