However, Disco Sally had other ideas!
Instead of going the reverse of the route in to Vienna, she decided to take us out a very convoluted way! We came across closed roads so had to wing it ourselves in negotiating the diversions, which were NOT clear. Fortunately I seem to have a built in sat nav so eventually found my way out but it took us half an hour instead of 10 mins!
Once we were on the autobahn all was well. The weather was fine and sunny and we had a three hour journey ahead of us. The services vary though and, as we wanted to top up the fuel, we had to be selective. I picked one that had everything. As I pulled in to the fuel pump and stopped I heard a noise from the rear of the car. A little man had run to the back and was undoing the filler cap! I got out and he immediately launched into reasonable English, pleased as punch to be able to fill the English car! He asked us where we were from, where we were staying, were we enjoying our visit - everything he could think of! It was really funny!
We continued our journey then, about 30 mins later someone started pipping their horn at us. It was another English car - a rarity! He passed and we flashed 'hello' then we went on our way.
A few minutes later we saw the traffic ahead slowing right down. There had been a very serious accident that had clearly not long happened. We suddenly realised that if we hadn't stopped when we had that we would probably been caught up in it.
Once we reached Salzburg we decided to visit Hangar 7 at Salzburg Airport. This is the HQ of Red Bull and where they have a free exhibition. We visit this every year as each time the display is different. Plus, is is a good place to eat (even though it's expensive).
This was the end of our travels today. We went back to the farm and later went down to Cafe Schmid. Today's delight was Chocolate Sundae - scrumptious! The diet starts when I return home!
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