Saturday, 9/26
Today we left Salzburg and drove down through the Salzkammergut Lake District. We came around a turn in the road and both said "wow" as the Wolfgangsee (lake) came into view. A beautiful blue alpine lake surrounded by mountains. We drove down into St. Gilgen then continued on around the lake to St. Wolfgang.
We ended up behind a tractor parade! It's fall festival time and we have been lucky enough now to experience these festivals in a couple of places. (It's funny that we saw a tractor parade in Ireland too, I guess we country people just know how to find tractors!) Anyway we wove in and out of these tractors and got to St. Wolfgang just as many of them were arriving. Now for vintage car lovers, this event is similar to a cruise night, except for tractors! There were some very old ones including one from the early 1900's that started with a crank on the front of the tractor. There was a brand new candy-apple-red one, and everything in between. Everyone was in good spirits and there was a very festive air about the whole town. People in dirndls and lederhosen with their jaunty caps, so great to see people that still celebrate their national heritage.
After St. Wolfgang we drove to Zell am See to spend the night so we could start on our next adventure nice and early the next morning.
Oh! On the way we saw a few cows that had been part of an almatriebe, that's where the farmers bring the cows down from their summer pastures to the home pastures for the winter. They make elaborate headdresses and adornments for the cows as part of the festivity. I'm not sure the cows love dressing up, but it was fun to see some.
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