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//Day 4 /15-03-22 /Melk-Vienna

Today’s summary : cycling 130 K from Melk to Vienna with a strong headwind. Not a lot of sun. I did not see other people riding against the wind... I had one interesting encounter with a man who was flying a remote control airplane. To be more specific he was doing incredible stunts with the RC plane and was above skilful.One of the tricks was to climb high, shut down the propeller ,let the plane fall and maybe 5 meters above ground restart the engine and pull the airplane up. Besides his regular job he was a teacher to learn people to fly with RC airplanes and helicopters.






I started cycling at 8.30 and arrived at my Vienna Hotel around 16.00. So I was almost 8 hours on the road. Advantage of the headwind was that I stopped somewhat more regularly today with the excuse to make some photos but in reality to avoid the constant headwind…..let’s say I was  happy to arrive in Vienna and I am even more happy to be spending 2 night in Vienna and no riding has to be done tomorrow….. 











After I checked in I did a short pre-dinner walk through Vienna. As I have never visited before the short walk was not only a great appetizer for dinner this evening but even more for the city walk to visit Vienna’s highlights which I planned tomorrow.











Lessons learned ;
  • Austrians love their swimming pools. A lot of the (holiday) houses I passed the last 3 days have a swimming pool. Often the above ground type.
  • There are not a lot of cargo ships on the Danube. Today I only saw one boat. Great name though : The Danube Lion.
Song of the day : Vienna / Ultravox


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  1. Liliane vanlee3/16/22, 7:18 AM

    Geniet van jouw 2 dagen Wenen.
    Mama

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  2. Leentje Vanlee3/16/22, 9:40 AM

    Enjoy Vienna and treat us with a lot of your gorgeous photos! Love them. And don't forget to eat a schnitzel!

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