Day 249 Thurs 21 Jun 2007 Salzburg, Austria

June 28, 2007

Day 249 Thurs 21 Jun 2007 Salzburg, Austria

A leisurely day exploring the Mozart theme park,aka world heritage listed Salzburg including a walking tour of the major sights, visit to the castle (Festung Hohansalzburg)- with its brown/black and white cow used to convince the besieging army they had lots of cows left to eat - and dinner in a baroque room at the world's oldest restaurant (dating from 803) being serenaded by a Mozartian quintet and a couple of opera singers, all in period costume. Sounds dreadfully kitsch but actually very good and definitely one of the trip highlights.

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WELCOME

Welcome to IntrepidToo - a journey around the world by road and sea. What started as a road trip from Sydney to Europe in a BMW X5 became the Clipper Round the World yacht race, sailing from Sydney to New York, and more recently a catamaran cruise along the Central American coast.

The road trip marked the completion of the Asian Highway Project, a UN sponsored initiative to provide a common standard road network linking all the countries of Asia with Europe. Along the way it entailed visiting as many UNESCO World Heritage sites as possible.

Due for imminent completion, our task was to find out how far they've got. It was also a quest to find the best creme brulee between Sydney and Sweden and the best margaritas outside Mexico.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is an 11 month long, 40,000nm race for amateur sailors in 12 identical 70' racing yachts, each with a crew of 18 and a professional skipper. We join in Australia for the legs to China, then across the North Pacific to Seattle and via the Panama Canal to New York, a voyage equivalent to the circumference of the globe.

It's also an occasional tale of continuing meanderings around the Middle East, Africa, Asia and anywhere else which takes our fancy.