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//Day 76 /26-05-22 /Bad Gastein-Salzburg

I left Bad Gastein around 8.It was grey and colder then expected and was happy to wear a fleece. Today I would be heading to Salzburg, mostly following the Alpe Adria Cycle route. I was lucky to pass by a bakery which was open. Everything was closed down, either as it was off-season or that someone took off some time ago on this day….





Today I followed most of the time the valley of the river Salzach, mountains and alps to the left and the right. Sometimes the valley was to narrow to have a dedicated cycle path and I need to cycle on the road, a rare exception in cycling walhalla Austria….
I passed the old town Hallein, where I had the best Amarena icecream in years….the Malaga was not so impressive. A lot of cyclists , most of them again heading opposite of me. 

During the day the weather improved, more sun, but the temperatures had clearly dropped. The last 20K I followed a busy cycle path along the river to arrive in Salzburg. I didn’t visit the city center today and although I doubted, I eventually decided to stay 2 nights in Salzburg and as result will have plenty of time to visit the city tomorrow. As it is a bank holiday the hotel prices in the city  were expensive and as the weather will be dry today and tomorrow I opted to camp.On Komoot I found a small camping 3 K out of the city center on top of a hill with a great view of Salzburg, the camping is called non surprisingly : Panorama Camping Stadtblick….A camping efficiently managed by a family. The type of camping where you still have to pay 2 euro / day to have Internet acces….

Today was a great cycling day, I really love the mountains. Tomorrow I will visit Salzburg, have some Mozart Kugeln and sing “So Long, Farewell” whilst driving with the bus from the camping site to the city center.



















Lessons learned :

  • WWI and WWII are not far away in Austria.
  • Belgium is around 10 cycle days away.


























Comments

  1. Anonymous5/26/22, 10:00 PM

    The sound of music😆 The oldest sister Von Trapp died this week. Belgenland komt dichterbij, alles geven en vooral genieten! Caro

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  2. Leentje Vanlee5/26/22, 11:25 PM

    Enjoy your ”Mozart Kügeln” and Salzburg! Loved your photos again! Home is getting closer!

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