This was our room last night, you can see why I got up early and went for a walk!!
6m2, 2100mm ceiling, that is the entire room. Laches neck has not disappeared while over here :).
I got up early and went for a walk to look at the city early. I went by the laundromat and found that it may have been washed away in the floods, so no clothes washing. Things were desperate.
Got back to the cave and woke Lachlan. He has become accustomed to waking late. That'll go!
We had some brekky at the bakerie and started out for a 50-60k ride. Apparently we climbed 525m today but we didn't notice it. In short we rode 100.5km today and averaged just over 20km/h. While this was flat just like the section from Schaffhausen to Regensburg the scenery was great, mountain, forest, farm, town, and mostly river. The river after Passau has grown significantly. Hopefully the photos will reflect this. We entered Austria today, no big signs and we didn't see the rope line in the river.
The morning was overcast and cool. A new tube at the bike shop, lamented over the price of 'stuff' and off we set. We didn't intend to do the distance we covered but there wasn't anywhere to stay the night. My legs have been tired for a couple of days so two nights in Linz will be good. The information centre offered a good price for the two nights at the hotel so we didn't have to do bookings for prices.
We leapfrogged a couple of groups as we stopped at different times to rest and view different things. Spoke to a Brisbane couple in their 60's who have been riding since April 30, started in Holland. Another month to go. An Austrian rider with wife and sister were on a 120k day ride, for fun.
Most of the ride today was not near any main road. While on the rural roads we had a car pass us every twenty minutes. We broke the law by riding two abreast. It is great to ride in almost silence listening to the birds. Haven't seen Bambi in these parts. A nice easy ride on mostly paved roads. Two ferry crossing today. Not sure if we needed to but we were like lemmings.
It is 2200hrs and I'm sitting on the forecourt of the hotel. About 25*C. No mozzies. Missing my wife. 11 days!
We have 220km to Vienna. So there may be a couple of two night stays other than Melk.
Stay safe. We are.
Looking back, Inn and Danou meet at Passau. (Danou-German, Danube-Austria)
The colours in this chook were great. He was looking after his ladies while we had something to eat.
Nearly blue.
Getting along.
Approaching the ferry.
1 comment:
No wonder you called the room 'the cave', it's tiny!! Still more comfortable than a tent? The photo of the rooster made me laugh, the small things are just as impressive as the the big sometimes. Glad the scenery is more picturesque, this part of the trip is sounding beautiful!
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