St Gilgen (near Salzburg): Tue 16th to Fri 19th

It’s only 3 hours to St Gilgen from Lake Starnberg. We’re in a sparsely occupied farm site with apple trees. e lake, Wolfgangsee, is 200 metres away and is surrounded by mountains. It’s very beautiful, and although the weather’s been mixed, we’ve sat outside in short sleeves on several days.


Visit to Salzburg on Friday: can be summarised as quality tourist tat. We’re deep in Sound of Music country here, so must expect Maria buses and the like, and lots of camera snappers. However, many impressive buildings and a wonderful setting for the town as a whole (hole?) retrieved the situation somewhat. In keeping with the international attraction of the town, we dined at McDonald’s.