Wolfgangsee

With the promise of a day of mixed weather we set out to spend a day on the boats travelling around Wolfgangsee. It was actually much warmer than forecast and cloudy with some sun. We were lucky enough to walk straight onto a boat at Strobl so decided to take that one up to St Gilgen at the other end of the lake and work our way back from there.
St Gilgen was remarkably quiet- turns out that they have a long lunch break, a bit like Spain, and that we had arrived at the start of it. So we decided to walk back towards Furberg and find somewhere for a drink on the way.
We soon came across a lovely beach area - Brunnwind - where there was a cafe serving drinks and some good looking food. Having had a big breakfast we weren’t hugely hungry but had drinks and some french fries. Unfortunately, as usual, we were plagued by wasps despite covering our drinks Austrian style with our phones! And poor Toby was stung as he tried to wave one away. I had some antihistamine crème but he still ended up with a sore looking lump on his finger - think the crème helped a bit but I’ve only ever used it for mosquitos before so not sure how effective it was.
We carried on walking around the lake to Fürberg. A very beautiful easy walk with turquoise water teeming with fish on our right. Again we were very lucky to arrive just as a boat was coming in.
The family who we had seen on the boat from Strobl in full Sound of Music kit were still enjoying their lunch under the trees in Fürberg- lots of dirndl skirts and high buttoned jackets - sadly no lederhosen on this occasion but we have seen quite a few of these too.
Having been very warm and sunny the weather changed quickly on the way back. A strong wind developed and there was a little rain. Dramatic dark skies contrasted with the turquoise water.
Arrived back in Strobl around 4. We walked back to the hotel and I went to explore the pool and sauna. Made the hideous faux pas of going into the sauna with my swimming costume on but as no one else was there I got away with it!
Fab dinner again at the hotel but now I’m exhausted and it’s all of 8.30! Hoping to sleep well.Read more