[Leica] IMG: Hallstatt

[Peter Klein]

While in Salzburg, we took a tour to Hallstatt.  It's a beautifuls 
little town on a lake surrounded by the Austrian Alps, population 946. 
Plus several gazillion tourists per day, mostly Chinese. There's a salt 
mine just above the town which has been in use since the Iron Age.  We 
were lucky, our guide was very experienced and very nice.  There weren't 
enough people to fill a big bus, so we went in a van.  This meant we 
could enter some of the small towns along the way, and take a scenic 
loop rather than use the same road there and back.

First, a quick snap from a concert in the Marble Hall of the Mirabel 
Palace in Salzburg.  The palace was the summer home of the 
Prince-Archbishop back in the day.  Julie Andrews and the Von Trapp kids 
cavorted thought the gardens in "The Sound of Music" movie. Mozart and 
his sister performed with their father in this very room when they were 
kids.  It's gorgeous, but a bit of an echo chamber.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35823669480/in/dateposted-public/>

Now, here's the first part of the trip to Hallstat.  We had a couple of 
scenic stops along the way, where our guide, Max snapped us with my camera:
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A couple of more "we were there" shots by Max in Hallstatt itself:
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A little chateau on the lake:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/36216688565/in/dateposted-public/>

Swimming, with quite a background:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35823669610/in/dateposted-public/>

Tourist with roses:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35823669550/in/dateposted-public/>

Real and artificial:
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35411489423/in/dateposted-public/>

Swans, in palindromic and parallel formations:
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<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35411489283/in/dateposted-public/>

For more on Hallstatt, see here, or do a search on its name:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt>

More to come.  We loved this place. Enjoy!
--Peter