On to Salzburg, Austria... So you proabaly know that I love "The Sound of Music" movie. My sweet Bruno booked us to stay at The Villa Trapp...The REAL home of the Von Trapp Family. We stayed in Maria and Georg's suite. So neat...the history was fabulous. It's now a bed and breakfast. Austria was owned by Italy when Hitler requested Captain von Trapp to command his Navy. The captain refused. The family would have been killed, except for they were considered Italian. The family dressed as they were going hiking and secretly took the train to Italy. (The train station is right behind the house.) Two days later, Italy turned over Austria to Hitler. They got several singing gigs in the USA. When they arrived in the US, they had $4 between the 12 of them. Amazing, huh?
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