Inevitably, there were certain places and certain activities which characterized Mondsee in the memories of my childhood. 1. There is the memory of three or four musicians making a circle through Mondsee, perhaps an hour or so prior to the start of the "Jedermann" (H. von Hofmannsthal's "Everyman"). They would stop here and there, every so often to play some rousing fanfare to let citizens and summer guests know that the performance was to start shortly. The play was being performed on a stage in a lovely little ... (more)