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May 15, 2008

Tourist Von Trapp

Arrived in Salzburg, the city of Sound of Music. Boy, they really market it for what it's worth. Have tours that take you to all the sights in the Julie Andrews movie.
Big news is now the villa that originally belonged to the Von Trapp's, the family that the movie is based on, is being turned into a B&B. Its located on the outskirts of Salzburg and has been operating for years as a monastery. The monks are moving out to a newer, larger spirituality center nearby and have rented out the villa to a local couple who will be the proprietors of what's being called simply Villa Trapp. They're putting about a $1 million into it and it is slated to open in late July. It will have a library, 14 rooms and suites, with some original furniture that belonged to the Von Trapps.
Baron Georg Ludwig von Trapp lived in the villa with his family from 1923 to 1938, before it was confiscated in 1939 by the Nazis and subsequently lived in by SS chief Heinrich Himmler until 1945.

Villa Trapp With New Owner's Son

Staircase Inside Villa Trapp

Original furniture of the Von Trapp's

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