A Half Million Steps

So how have we seen so much of Europe you may ask?  One foot in front of another, one step at a time and a whole bunch of steps each day.  It's been 76 days since we left Washington state.

Terri carries her iPhone most of the time and she has an app that keeps track of our steps each day.  I checked the history on it for the last 11 weeks.  We've walked a lot. My feet feel it.

We've passed the half million step mark.  553,180 steps to be almost exact. (A few days the phone battery wore out, so those steps didn't get counted.)  That's 261.20 miles that we have walked.  And we still have time to go, so I'm guessing we will top the 300 mile mark.

The best part of all that walking is all the sights we have been able to see.

We moved on to Vienna, Austria this morning.  We will be here for 3 days before going to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Looking down on the city of Salzburg from the castle on the hill.

We enjoyed our evening of Mozart by a small Chamber Orchestra in the tallest tower of the castle.  We had dinner in the castle before climbing hundreds of steps to get to the "Konsort" hall.

The concert was up in this tower.

The view from the concert hall.

Looking straight up in one of many domes.

What's for lunch?  We had never eaten Schnitzel so it was time to try something new.  It was very good.

We walked all over old town until we came across a chess match between the old men.  Terri took an interest so we stood and watched a full game.  We fit right in with the old guys.  After the match Terri congratulated the winner.  He seemed quite happy that the young babe had been watching carefully.

Life is good as we begin to wind down in our Europe trip.