You are Now Permitted to Have Fun

Going back a couple of days, after visiting Martha's cousin we spent two nights on the Wolfgangsee in Austria. This is actually a lake, one of several alpine lakes near Salzburg. It is a beautiful spot.

It seemed like we were the only non-Austrians in our hotel, and I was really struck by how quiet and orderly everything was even though it is clearly a resort town. It's the only place we have been where pedestrians uniformly wait for the walk light to illuminate before crossing the street. Even the town's wet t-shirt contest is very structured. They have a contest, but only on one specified day all summer.

For anyone planning to be in Austria on Aug 18th, more details are at http://www.stwolfgang.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3&Itemid=89