Day 21- Melk to Vienna- 111.6 kms

17 Jun

After a hot night ( weather wise!) last night at the youth hostel we were awake at about 5.00 am and ready to have breakfast by 6.30 am...luckily the breakfast room was open at the hostel by 6.45am so we hopped in for a feed of muesli jogurt and bread rolls to load up for the ride.

Looking out the window we were concerned that there was a reasonably strong wind and were hoping this was going in the right direction for us.... yes it was!!!!!

It was my turn to be the navigator taking Chris’s Garmin for the day??

After a few false directives on the way out of Melk, we were on our way through the country rather than alongside the river for a change. The route was almost directly east and with a westerly we made great time traveling at average speeds well above 30 kph.

Our initial plans were to stop for morning tea at about 30 kms but the going was so great we proceeded onto the 70 km mark at Tulln arriving at 10.30 am.

It was a great time to ring Robyn at home as she was at Nick and Catherine’s home having an early family party for my granddaughter Sienna’s birthday... great to chat to her and wish her a happy birthday for tomorrow... hope she has a great day!!

After morning tea of 2 cappuccino’ s and an omelette it was on to Vienna with the wind again at our backs.... the final 50 kms was also very fast and we arrived at our accommodation at 1.30 pm which was well before the check in time of 3.00pm.

I am writing this section of the blog at a cafe where we are having tea and coffee and planning the days ahead in the hope that we can have enough time to finish the ride to the Black Sea..... it is looking good so far

Tomorrow is a rest day in Vienna to do a little sightseeing and perhaps to sort out my Garmin maps

Later today after we check in we will try to get on a big bus to get our bearings on Vienna

Yes we finally got in to our Airbnb apartment after a long wait at about 4 pm then had a quick shower to catch a big bus tour of the city... it was good to see Vienna again after about 40 years and much of the old buildings have not changed. The is a lot of buildings being cleaned up or renovated and for the wealthy there is opulence

After the bus tour we had dinner in town in an outdoor cafe which was nice and the food was good. We then walked back to the apartment

Today was another good day on the road and I think we are both looking forward to the rest day to have another look around this great city

Now for the photos......

Me yesterday caught in the corn fields after doing a re-route at Mauthausen....