Salzburg and Los Angeles

It may say October 12th. That is when I started this post, but really it is now October 31st! Happy Halloween! Our internet has been down for two weeks, so I couldn't finish the post, and then we were in the US for a week. Time just flies!

Halloween is not celebrated much here, although we got one trick or treater group. All Saints Day is the day they celebrate. I have had Thursday and Friday off work and Saturday (all saints day) most things will be closed. I see one jack-o-lantern and am sad. I miss Halloween. Tonight is a perfect Halloween night: dark and cold. I don't see a moon but it must be somewhere.

This blog started after our trip to Salzburg. We decided to go for an overnight trip. We left early and got to Salzburg at around 11 am. We got a Salzburg Card that allowed us to go into every tourist attraction and public transportation for one flat rate price. It worked out perfect. It stopped us worrying about how much things cost and so we went in everything for the heck of it. My favorite is the Archbishop mansion at Hellbrunn. The architect created trick fountains. Water would squirt out at you from who knows where. I won't spoil anything, but it was hilarious and fun to see a group of thirty adults laugh like children.

Salzburg is one of those majestic cities that just make you wonder what happened to the US. Where did the art go? Yes there is still art in the US. I would get slapped by some friends of mine. But the focus is so different. The buildings are covered with detail and statues. The paintings are done with such grandiose size and style. And to think that these buildings and art work was done hundreds, even thousands of years ago. The history of the place is just unbelievable.

We went on a family trip to Los Angeles. It was nice to be with family and to catch up on the news of family and friends. It went by really fast. I never knew the ins and outs of Disneyland. 6,000 employees, really? Also they have the largest parking garage in the world. And you know who has the second largest? Disneyland in Japan. I believe it, because they had someone anywhere that you may need assistance. There are just so many areas of work. And what gets me, is that everyone is in the Disney world. They really do a great job of being in character, even if you are not a Disney character but a shopkeeper. The detail of every ride also threw me for a loop. I did not remember that amount of detail of the rides. Down to the hand on the clock was in the theme of the ride. I was blown away at the creativity and the attention to detail the creators and designers did. Next time you go to Disneyland just stand back and notice the workers and the detail everything is. Now I hope you have the same experience as we did. It was fantastic.