We learned about octaves with do-re-mi and fought our fears with a few of our favorite things, but the most important lesson taught by Captain Georg von Trapp and the Baroness Maria von Trapp was the importance of family. The lesson lives on through generations and no where is it more prominent than at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont.
Trapp Family Lodge, Dec. 2009
The 1965 movie, “The Sound of Music,” was made famous by Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews and recounted the voyage of the von Trapp family as they sang their way through Austria to escape Nazi rule. A favorite family film, images of Maria running through the Salzburg hills during the opening credits will forever be burned in our memory. But when the von Trapps moved to America in the 1950s, the hills in Stowe, Vermont, really started to sing.
I showed my daughter “The Sound of Music” over the holidays and she loved the first hour but I think she got bored. The scenery is beautiful and I love the music. Julie Andrews is actually very cute in this.
Great story and beautiful photos. You are right — this is a place that reminds us about the importance of family and connection, and fighting for what you believe in.
Many thanks,
Erica Houskeeper
Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing