 |
| Our tour guide super tiny on the right |
Our Sound of Music tour guide, who was very impressed that I knew
all the words to the sing-a-long songs (thanks to being in my 4th grade play & having seen the movie a kazillion times), enlightened us a bit on Edelweiss.
Yes, it’s an important flower in Austria.
No, the movie song is not an authentic
anthem, Rogers & Hammerstein made it up.
Haha, brilliant - I can just imagine the bewildered looks the first few nutty
American tourists got from the locals when they offered their enthusiastic rendition
of a song they'd never heard before.
 |
| The backyard scenes |
 |
| House used for the front scenes in movie |
 |
| Wedding church |
But what really intrigued me was the story she told about
the symbolism of the Edelweiss flower itself.
Apparently it’s a tiny little flower that grows in the crags of the
mountains.
And when a (probably
lederhosen clad) lad decided he had found a young lass he wanted to woo – in
order to impress her and prove his manhood, he would climb the crags and pick Edelweiss
to present to her.
Sigh.
How romantic.
And straightforward.
I like
it.
If a dude showed up on my doorstep
with Edelweiss, surefire - I’d know he was interested.
 |
| "I have confidence" road |
 |
| Inside wedding church |
 |
| "Do-Re-Mi" on the garden stairs |
 |
| My Edelweiss pendant |
Still thinking about the story when the tour stopped for
souveniers, a crystal pendant with tiny white flowers caught my eye.
The shopkeeper confirmed my suspicion that the
flowers were Edelweiss.
So yep, I did, I
bought my own Edelweiss - enough already waiting around for prince charming.
That’s not to say I’ve entirely given up on
romance in my life, but thus far it’s been devoid.
And I view it kinda like those old 7up
commercials with James Earl Jones, where he said, “Never had it, never
will.”
 |
| Painted bull as tour advertisement |
Ya know, when I was a kid, I thought that was the stupidest
add campaign I’d ever heard.
How were
they ever going to get new customers drinking 7up if no one could ever drink it
if they hadn’t already tried it?!
Haha,
it was many years before it was explained to me he was actually referring to
7up not having caffeine, not someone never having 7up.
 |
| The gazebo, relocated - "I am 33. going on 34..." |
Anyway, back to the point - sometimes it feels like since I haven't yet experienced romance thus far in my life, I never will. But not to worry, I love wearing my little Edelweiss
necklace - it's a reminder to hope that someday my counterfeit token will
be replaced with the real deal.
From a
real dude.
Cross my fingers.
0 comments:
Post a Comment