Our tour of the “City of Three Rivers” was led by a delightful college student, who explained the constant flooding of the city, town/gown relations and why there is a beer fountain in the city.

Our guide explained that beer flows from this fountain for special occasions only, tapping into the beer in the cellars below.

Our guide also recounted a thaw in town/gown relations when the students rallied to clean up the town after one of its many floods.

Of course, there’s a big cathedral, St. Stephen’s, which is pretty baroque.

I would love to spend more time in Pasau when I come back to the area.

The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music

The next day the boat docked in Linz (a charming city) where we got on the bus to tour Salzburg, Austria. If you are a fan of The Sound of Music you will have loved, loved, loved our tour.

Sound of Music aside, we found Salzburg to be a beautiful city.

After visiting the cathedral, we finally found a crafts and fabric store. Unfortunately, we needed to join the tour group to get on the bas back to the boat. There was some lovely fabric there, so you can imagine my disappointment.