Day 17; Emmersdof to Vienna
We were looking forward to today's ride. Reason? 3 nights in a Vienna hotel.
The ride itself was mostly following the Donau (Danube), mostly flat and occasionally tail winds. Our average speed for the day was over 17 MPH (27 KPH) so we were moving at a nice rate. The temperature is starting to rise in the past couple of days with today being in the lower to mid 90's. As long as you keep moving and can find a shady path, you're doing OK, but if you stop you'll feel the heat quickly. Day's like today it very important to be drinking from your water bottles often,
The past several days have left our bikes very dirty and dusty and in need of chain lubrication We're planing on finding a self service car wash tomorrow and clean up our bikes as well as wash our clothes in preparation for the next leg of the trip.
That's it for now, Happy Biking,
Brian Cox
We were looking forward to today's ride. Reason? 3 nights in a Vienna hotel.
The ride itself was mostly following the Donau (Danube), mostly flat and occasionally tail winds. Our average speed for the day was over 17 MPH (27 KPH) so we were moving at a nice rate. The temperature is starting to rise in the past couple of days with today being in the lower to mid 90's. As long as you keep moving and can find a shady path, you're doing OK, but if you stop you'll feel the heat quickly. Day's like today it very important to be drinking from your water bottles often,
The past several days have left our bikes very dirty and dusty and in need of chain lubrication We're planing on finding a self service car wash tomorrow and clean up our bikes as well as wash our clothes in preparation for the next leg of the trip.
That's it for now, Happy Biking,
Brian Cox
What a great city to be doing a 3-day stopover. I doubt if there is a more beautiful capital anywhere. Ages since I was there, and am green with envy. Just yesterday booked a winter-banishing fortnight on Tenerife in November.
ReplyDeleteLove to Lori.