Sprayed again

Today we experienced the first sun since our arrival in Germany and Austria.  After breakfast students divided into groups and went on a scavenger hunt to explore landmarks in the old part of the city in Salzburg.  In the afternoon we took the bus to the south edge of the city to visit Schloss Hellbrunn.  Salzburg was once ruled by the Archbishops of Salzburg.  Hellbrunn is a summer palace built in 1615 for the Archbishop to entertain guests and escape the heat of the city.  The archbishop was quite a trickster and built a palace with displays, fountains and gadgets all running on water power.  The outside dinner table had jets of water which would spray up through the seats on the guest.  Noah and Kirsten volunteered to try it out and came away with wet behinds.  By the end of the tour everyone in our group was wet to some degree.  After the tour of the water parts outside of the palace we toured the inside of the palace.  Upon returning to the hotel people went into the city and ate and came back to relax.  We are all feeling the ache in our legs, feet and back from all of the walking we’ve been doing.  Tomorrow afternoon we leave for Bielefeld.  Students are excited to meet their host families.