Today’s 13.6 mi (21.8 km) was a preplanned veering off course due to lodging, although some time was spent on the Austrian Camino. Tomorrow I‘ll be on it again for some of the way.
As it turns out, 8 miles west of here where I‘m staying is a lake and town called Mattsee where I did my 3rd grade ‘49/‘50 in a boarding school. It’s also where I chipped my kneecap caused by jumping on my bed, then getting my knee infected (and not telling anyone) and being rushed to a Salzburg Hospital for emergency surgery—what memories—all good new experiences!
The countryside was peppered with farm houses and very small villages that seemed more concerned about working the land than political issues—haven’t seen political signs and am seeing more traditional Lederhosen and Dirndln, to me a sign of people doing their own thing. I also noted by the accents that many minorities live in these smaller towns.
