We drove to Stowe, VT to take part in the history tour of the real Von Trapp family of Sound of Music movie fame.
Hollywood of course changed the timeline, names, history and general details of the story involving this family. We listened to a briefing on the true history and how it differed from the version offered by Hollywood.
Then there was a movie featuring the real Maria and showing her return to Salzburg and some backstory tidbits of her life that were featured in the movie, not quite exactly, but you get the idea.
The tour was finished with a short talk by the current president of the Von Trapp Lodge which has about a 1000 person capacity in terms of lodging. Quite the enterprise, you might say. The president is the daughter of Johannes Peterson who is the son of Maria Augusta Kutschera, who was the Maria that married Baron Von Trapp.
Julie Andrews who played the character of Maria, the governess from a convent who ends up marrying the character portrayed by Christopher Plummer in the movie.
An interesting tour and I learned a few interesting tidbits, having been a fan of the movie for many many years.
Here's the real family tree with the correct names:
Movie Poster
The real Von Trapp Singers
We drove back towards New Hampshire, picked up the RV and headed to Brattleboro, VT for a one night stay at the Saxtons Distillery Harvest Host location.
Our host: Ginny
We turn West tomorrow, having thoroughly scratched ( in Martha's words ) the itch to take the RV into the country's northeast.
4 comments:
My wife would love to visit that, she loves the movie. Safe and fun travels as you head home.
The first time I watched the movie I was 14 or 15, and had been visiting my relatives in England. I found it very cringeworthy for a soon-to-be-nun to fall for a more than double her age guy with way too many children, and only much later I learned that the story wasn't just a schmaltzy story, but somewhat autobiographical. The German version by the way is a bit closer to reality, and comes as a two-parter with part one with where Sound of Music ends, and part two from struggle to success in America. It never was the international box office hit that SoM was, though. Cheers, SonjaM
Thanks, Oz
Thanks for the info SonjaM and again, sorry for missing this comment originally.
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