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September 18, 2008, Thursday… I just had an idea that we were going to Austria. I did not know where we were exactly going until we reached the border between Switzerland and Austria. It was supposed to be a surprise but because I kept on asking Hub, he finally told me that we were going to Salzburgerland, the Austrian state of Salzburg. We traveled from Switzerland via Vaduz in Liechtenstein, then Feldkirch and Bludenz in Austria, then Innsbruck and Salzburg to Sankt Michael im Lungau, Salzburgerland, Austria.

I knew we left our place early but could not exactly remember what time did we leave. After several hours, we arrived at around 1:59pm in Sankt Michael im Lungau in Salzburgerland. We already had a hotel reservation at Landhotel Stofflerwirt or Stofflerwirt Country Hotel. We checked in at the hotel just a few minutes after 2:00pm. The owners of the hotel were really accommodating.

Stofflerwirt Country Hotel was fully booked at that time because of some sort of a regional golf tournament around the area so we knew that we will be getting a suite for a room. Hub particularly chose Stofflerwirt because it has a Wifi connection and Golf Club Lungau is just almost across the hotel.

We just brought our luggage up in the room and after that we had our late lunch. After lunch, we went to check Golf Club Lungau. We could have played nine holes but decided to just play golf the next day because we really had a long trip and we needed a good rest. We just enjoyed the area. Hub had a cup of coffee and I had a cup of chocolate with whip cream. Delicious!

After chilling out at the restaurant of Golf Club Lungau, we went back to the hotel and had a nice four-course menu dinner, soup, salad, meat with “spaetzli” for main course, and dessert. Along with it, we ordered a good bottle of Juliana Wieder Cuvee St. Leonhard Austrian red wine.

During that long weekend vacation, I was not able to take a lot of notes so I could not remember what we ate. I just remember that the food was typical Austrian food and it was great.

The next day, Friday, after breakfast, we played golf at Golf Club Lungau. Our green fees were discounted because Landhotel Stofflerwirt is a partner hotel and a charter member of the golf course. That is a requirement every time we book a hotel so that we could play golf with discounted green fees.

The weather was really great. The golf course was a little bit flat but not really easy to play. It was not really so forgiving. But we had a good time. After the game, we just relaxed at the golf course. I ordered a bowl of salad as my light lunch and to my astonishment, the bowl was really big. I really had a difficult time finishing the salad.

After that, as we still had a lot of time, we went around the town of St. Michael im Lungau. I did not take a lot of pictures though. I just wanted to enjoy the place and that was it. We went back to the hotel and enjoyed another nice four-course menu dinner with a bottle of St. Laurent vom Steinfeld Johanneshof Reinisch Austrian red wine.

The next day, Saturday, there was a golf tournament at Golf Club Lungau. We went to that place to enjoy and play golf. We did not want to waste our time, so we joined the golf tournament. The weather was quite a surprise because it was cold and windy when it was just so sunny the day before that.

I did not take any pictures on that day. I just had no time to take photos. Even during the awarding ceremony and dinner, together with all the other players, I did not take any pictures at all.

The next day, Sunday, our last day in St. Michael im Lungau, we did not play golf anymore. After breakfast, we left St. Michael im Lungau at around 9:22am. We went to St. Veit im Pongau to visit some friends and afterwards roamed around the city of Salzburg, Austria.

Note:
Salzburgerland is the Austrian state of Salzburg. Salzburgerland can be called as Salzburg only. But I prefer to use Salzburgerland instead of Salzburg so as not to confuse you with the city of Salzburg.

Related Links:
Landhotel Stofflerwirt
Golf Club Lungau
Weingut Juliana Wieder
Weingut Johanneshof Reinisch