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Salzburg, Vienna and Prague June 10-17, 2017

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This was the first BIG tour we had ever done. Sean was in the FWYO (Forth Worth Youth Orchestra) playing cello.  The orchestra was going to perform internationally and we would travel by following in Mozart's steps in Salzburg and Vienna, Austria and Prague, Czech.  Sean and I were going and we were excited!  Hallein - Salzburg, Austria June 11 We arrived at Munich, Germany and were transported by 2 big buses of 80 people and musical instruments to Salzburg, Austria.  The scenery on the way was beautiful.  We stopped for a quick lunch (Burger King's chicken nuggets) at a gas station in Munich.  One interesting thing here in Germany was we had to pay to use the restrooms.  I was glad we prepared coins as we were warned before. The traffic was pretty bad on Sunday.  We finally arrived at  Hallein Salt Mine, underground salt mine located in the Dürrnberg.  Once we walked in the building, we had to wear white outfits/overalls that were prepared for us.   We t