Travel briefs
The hills are alive . . . with the sound of protest.
Angry Austrians living near a Salzburg villa that once belonged to the von Trapp family immortalized in the blockbuster hit movie "The Sound of Music" are fighting plans to turn the home into a hotel.
Opponents have said the neighborhood already is teeming with tourists drawn to the area where the 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer was made.
Organizer Andreas Braunbruck told Austrian television that neighbors intend to fight the hotel plan "with all means at our disposal."
Salzburg tourism officials had previously announced plans earlier this month to open the property and an adjacent park to the public for the first time. But local residents complain they weren't consulted.
The Villa Trapp is located on the outskirts of Salzburg and once housed the von Trapp family, which gained global fame after the movie. The film tells the story of an Austrian woman who married a widower with seven children and teaches them music.
If you're visiting New York City this summer, don't be surprised to find a waterfall next to the Brooklyn Bridge.
The spectacle will be one of four manmade waterfalls built on the shores of the city's East River by Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson. The water will course over scaffolding 90 to 120 feet high, from late June to Oct. 15, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and will be illuminated after sunset.
The locations will be the Brooklyn base of the Brooklyn Bridge, Governor's Island, Pier 35 in Lower Manhattan, and between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn.
There will be numerous public vantage points, including from the Brooklyn and Manhattan waterfront and from the pedestrian path of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Circle Line Downtown -- (866) 925-4631 or www.circlelinedowntown.com -- is the official boat tour operator for the event.
Details at www.nycwaterfalls. org.