The Wanderings of Bonnie and John: Out In The Country

About one hour from Salzburg Austria there is a small lake with a few towns around it called St Wolfgang. People used to come here on pilgrimages because of the healing power of an icon at the local church. Other than that there is not much here to see from a tourist's standpoint. It was really quiet at night.

So it was really great to take a day to just relax with no place to go -and this was the day for that this week. The hotel had a nice spa and we shared a couples massage to soothe the tired legs from the hiking. One of the coolest parts about the hotel was the swimming pool that floats out on the lake. The water is warm in the pool, so when you jump into the cool lake you can climb out and get warm right away. The water here is amazingly clear. We asked and it was no problem to dive in, the drop-off at these alpine lakes is quite steep and they said that off of the deck the water was about 40 feet deep.