Simple Happiness

We left St. Michael im Lungau and went to St. Veit im Pongau to visit some friends before going to the city of Salzburg.

After St. Veit in Pongau, we went to Salzburg city. Travel time from St. Veit im Pongau to Salzburg city was only about 50 minutes. When we arrived in Salzburg, we had traditional Austrian food for lunch before going around the city.

After our lunch, we visited Mirabell Gardens and Mirabell Palace. We did not go inside the Mirabell Palace though.

After Mirabell Gardens and Mirabell Palace, we went to see the residence of Mozart, and then just roamed around the city.

We probably left the city of Salzburg just before 4:00 p.m. and went back home to Switzerland.

We went to Sankt Michael im Lungau in Salzburgerland in Austria in September 2008 for a golf weekend.

We stayed at Stofflerwirt Country Hotel which was just almost across Golf Club Lungau. We played golf at Golf Club Lungau.

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.

We left Colchester, England at around 1:00 p.m. We arrived in Leeds Castle, England at around 2:36pm. It was about 1 hour and 36 minutes from Colchester, Essex, England to Leeds Castle located in Maidstone, Kent, England.

Leeds Castle is a castle island, set on two islands on the River Len in Kent, England. It was built in 1119 by Robert De Crevecoeur as a manor house to replace the Saxon manor of Esledes where Leeds Castle actually got its name.

After our visit in Leeds Castle, we continued our travel via Dover, England to Calais, France, then highways in France back to Switzerland.

We arrived in Cambridge, England after 7:00 p.m. from Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland via Bentpath and Lockerbie in Scotland, and Carlisle and Leeds in England. It took us at least a little bit more than 8 hours to travel from Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

We stayed at the Purple Hotel Cambridge now called Days Inn Cambridge at the Cambridge Services in Boxworth, Cambridge.

The next day, we left early and went to Colchester, Essex, England.

Colchester is said to be the oldest recorded town in English history.

On the day we went to Colchester, Essex, England, we also left Colchester on that same day just before 1:00 p.m. and went to Leeds Castle.