The Hill's are ALIVE!

So…Jared and I had been trying really hard to learn Austrian before we came….which sucks because apparently they speak German here.  Who knew!  We left Prague by train which was the first time either of us have ever traveled that way.  We had our own room because the 1^st class car was almost empty.  It was really nice because it rocked me right to sleep.  Then I woke up and watched Lord of the Rings on the laptop with Jared.  It’s so weird seeing Liv Tyler in a movie since we know her so well now.  We were kinda like “Whhhat, ok Liv”.   I guess you have to know her to understand. 

Once the train left Prague we went through some areas that looked like Gresham, but after getting into the Czech and Austrian countryside it was very pretty.  Honestly, it looks a lot like Oregon…but with 300 year old stone farm houses, red tiled roofs and church towers everywhere.  

Salzburg is small and at the foothills of the Austrian Alps.  It looks just how you’d picture, a charming little town that’s surrounded by mountains.  There’s a big castle at the top of one of the mountains overlooking the entire town.  Today has been the warmest since we’ve been here, it was 75! I hope the weather is getting better for you guys at home.  We ate at a delicious Italian restaurant and had really good wine.  You may ask “Why would you eat Italian when you’ll be in Italy all next week?”  Well, almost every restaurant serves a mix of Italian and/or German.  Since we had our fair share of sausages and beef soaked in gravy while we were in Prague, spaghetti sounded good.  We’re going to try to see some of the sights tomorrow, maybe walk up to a castle or see the sound of music tour. 

P.S.  We want to know the poodles side of the story Miguel.  What did you do to provoke it into giving you a knuckle sandwich?  Oh and Jared say’s “Go BLAZERS!”