Category: Austria
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Leaving the Danube, and heading for the Czech Republic
One of the great things about traveling through Austria and Germany is that the breakfasts are amazing! As a cyclist, you need protein, fat, salt, and enough calories to fuel you through a good deal of your day. Every hotel I’ve stayed in has had a buffet with sliced meats, cheese, fresh bread rolls, muesli,…
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Up to the Danube, on a rainy day!
A couple summers ago Chris and I rode the EV6, also known as the Great Rivers Route, from Brittany to Slovakia, and today I retraced a bit of that same route although I was on the other side of the Danube that Chris and I rode.  It rained during the night at my campsite,…
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A great stop in Salzburg
It rained pretty much all the last night I was in Salzburg. As I woke up periodically, I could hear the rain falling on the leaves of the big walnut tree right outside my window. The breeze was cool, and I was warm and dry in my hotel room, so it was a super good…
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Into Salzburg: a really short day of riding!
I decided yesterday to spend a couple of days in Salzburg, since my body is rightfully complaining, and also the rains are coming. I’ll actually welcome the rains, since the heat has been more oppressive than rain and the rain will bring cooler temperatures into all of next week. Last nights camping experience was sort…
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Through the mountain and down the other side!
Today seems like one of those days that couldn’t be all one day. As I look through the pictures and the videos I have to ask myself “was that just this morning?” And yet, it was. I woke up around 7:00 and got myself ready to catch the 8:20 AM train from Mallnitz to Böckstein,…
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About to cross the Alps
The campground in Lienz was amazing. I forgotten how beautiful the campgrounds are with perfectly trimmed grass, beautiful clean bathrooms and showers with marble countertops and German fixtures. It’s such a contrast from the grotty, smelly, mostly disgusting bathrooms that you get in campgrounds in America. And the price was less than $20 for a…
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Up to the Dolomites, and entering Austria!
One thing about traveling like I am, making plans one day at a time (and then making changes on the fly) and not really researching what I’m going to see along the way is that the day presents things that are often surprising. That was the case today as I climbed and began to see…
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Tunnels! My favorite thing!
Today and tomorrow looked like pretty big days for elevation gain at 4,000 and 3,800 feet respectively. I left the hotel after a hefty breakfast and 3 cups of coffee, and stopped in Bolzano to see what I could find in a co-op grocery store. But darned if I could find that grocery store, even…
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From last camp to Vienna!
As we get closer to our final destination of Bratislava, we begin to tick off a series of “last ones”. This morning is the last time we will pack up our tent, since this is the last campsite of the trip. The last time we’ll unpack the stove to make tea/coffee. Then when we get…
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Castles everywhere, and tourists too!
These last couple days we’ve covered about 100 miles. Today is our last day of camping! We ended the day with 50 miles remaining to Vienna, where we will stay for 3 nights in an apartment as a period of rain thankfully arrives to this parched land. And then one more day to cycle to…