Today’s cushy 10.7 mi (17.1 km) was again all Austrian Camino, this time mainly along the Ager Stream that provided the pleasant trickling sound of water over the river rocks. Leaving the village of Stadl-Paura, I gained a morning view of the majestic Lambach Abbey (1056–wow).
Here and there I saw a few indicators that I was correctly on the Pilgerweg (Camino), and I even spotted the indicator showing that both directions were correct ( which was wrong according to my electronic track).
Entering Attnang-Puchheim, I spotted an outsized interest in baseball, and it turns out to be home if a baseball team as well as home of the Austrian Baseball Association. My hotel, 4-star old-world luxury, is over the top in decadence—pilgrims don’t deserve this level, but there’s not much to choose from (on hotels.com or booking.com) in this lovely town of 9,000 and the price is right, at least for this trip.
