finally... a few Austria pics!

[ginny]

Alright, so I like to call my pictures from Austria, "Ginny's bike goes to Austria". I don't speak any German, and I went alone, so I chatted to my bike a lot (I'm a scientist, and this is perfectly acceptable among my posse), and I took a lot of pictures of my bike I have included a couple of the country side too...

It was SO pretty and the trail was amazingly maintained. I guess the part from Passau to Vienna is the most popular bike trail in Europe. People were friendly and most people only do about 20km / day. I ended up doing more like 60miles per day, but I really like to ride. I was super tuckered out by the third day, and will keep this in mind on future tours. I friend of mine toured Maine for three weeks, and I guess day three was her worst too.

I took the train from Vienna to Lentz and then rode back to Vienna with some side trips along the way. It was beautiful country. I rode through farming towns on day one and the Wachau region on day two (that's the wine making region). Day three took me through a pretty busy town that I got horribly lost in, but the rest was through nice country on the way back to Vienna. In fact, the final approach to Vienna is through this park that is an island. It was a really nice way to end the trip and get ready for the big city again.

So, here are a few pictures: