Today we have another enjoyable stage ahead of us. We start in Oberhofen am Irrsee in the rolling hills of the Salzkammergut, and today we have two additional aids to help us find our way alongside our usual ones. The first is a railway line, specifically the ÖBB Westbahn line connecting Salzburg and Vienna. The stop we have listed as today’s starting point is a station on this very line. While we don’t hike directly along the tracks, we generally stay within the same corridor. The second aid is the network of waterways that we encounter after crossing a hill before reaching the town of Frankenmarkt, which eventually flow into the Danube at Linz. We also stay in the same corridor as these waters: first we come across the Vöckla stream, which flows into the Ager; this later flows into the Traun, and finally into the Danube near Linz. Before reaching our destination of Vöcklabruck, we pass Neuwartenburg Castle, also known as “Little Schönbrunn”! Afterwards, we will be VERY welcome as pilgrims at the home of the Vöcklabruck School Sisters / Order of the “Franciscan Sisters of Vöcklabruck.” It is the largest women’s order in Austria, and they offer pilgrim accommodation and even the Jerusalem Way pilgrim stamp for our pilgrim pass! What a joy for the happy pilgrim’s heart.

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