MOLI VIEW™

We were in Munich, a quick hour-and-a-half drive to Salzburg, Austria, so we rented a car with GPS and were there before we even had to pee. (You can also take a train from Munich). Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart and where The Sound of Music was filmed and really looks like a town you would find in a fairy tale. A large castle can be seen up in the mountain, and there's a tunnel with gorgeous carvings on the outside. You can just imagine Cinderella in a carriage drawn by flying horses and everyone waving and smiling, like when the good witch of the north leaves Munchkinland and all the munchkins wave goodbye.

I was asked directions by some Italian tourists as soon as we got out of the car — a knack I seem to have wherever I am; I always get asked directions. I guess I must look like I know where I am going when I should be wearing a T-shirt that says, "Don't ask me, I'm lost too." Funny, the town is so full of tourists, I am not really sure who lives there.

We stayed on the other side of the mountain and walked through it — there is a walking tunnel. My friends stayed at the Blauegans Art Hotel, on the main, adorable Getreidegasse street (built in the 12th century, it was formerly the only town thoroughfare). The hotel is not cheap, but reasonable for its location and very friendly and arty — old meets new. The room my friends got came with a warning: "Don't be afraid of the art on the wall of your bedroom; it is by a famous artist." It was a scribbled graffiti expressionist mess, which is probably why they warned us — I am sure they give this warning from getting calls from guests complaining. We decided the scribble scrabble ultimately looked like a penis.

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