July 17 The Castle

Seventh straight day of rain. We venture once again to the old city, this time to climb to the Festung Hohensalzburg, a medieval castle that dominates the city for miles around. No foreign army ever breached it, and it's easy to see why: horses can't climb sheer cliff. The climb is hard on the girls and on Therese who is grumpy most of the day. The views over Salzburg, however, are even more spectacular than those from Kapuzinerberg. We decide to take the cog-train back down instead of walking, the best parental judgment-call we made all day.