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//Day 78 /28-05-22 /Salzburg-Passau

After 78 days and 6987 kilometers I’m back in Passau…..
It rained all night and well into the morning. I packed camp in the rain but  succeeded to keep everything dry except my outer tent. I left te camping site In Salzburg around 10 in the morning, somewhat late as I had more then 110 K to cycle….

Komoot did it’s magic again…I cycled most of the day over small roads though the Austrian country only passing small farmer villages and once a bigger town…The mountains had been replaced by rolling hills going up and down over Austria. I enjoyed the ride and looking forward to ride all the way to home. Yesterday, after a lot of searching I was able to  book a train ticket which would bring me home on Sunday evening…to enjoy Sunday evening pizza with the family….but I realised that I’m not yet ready to stop cycling yet…I cancelled the ticket and plotted a cycling route to Gent instead. 

One of the reasons, besides closing the loop in my head,  to head to Passau was the more positive weather forecast…during midday a shiny sun appeared, later in the afternoon it became really sunny but with a colder headwind out of the west..

I arrived around 4 in Passau. More people/tourists  in the city then when I left almost 3 months ago. Prices for hotelrooms had more then doubled as well…So I planned I would either stay at a camping near Passau or some 15 K out of the city direction Regensburg….I cycled through Passau, thinking  about the 7000 K I had cycled since I Ieft, had an ice cream (good Amarena / poor malaga) and eventually arrived at the nearby camp place. I decided to cycle to the other campsite, some 15 K further….Black Horse and me were tired when we arrived at campsite but it was a good decision.A restaurant, with schnitzel, and a nice camping.; I set up camp in a new time record of 30 minutes…I had a shower and not to bad schnitzel. Temperature dropped and I looked forward to my warm sleeping bag…At 21.15 most of the lights my camping neighbours were out…..Tomorrow I will head to Regensburg….



































Lessons learned :
  • Mobile data in Austria is not champion league  quality..
  • I did not see any border between Austria and Germany 
  • I can  pack camp in the rain.
Song of today : Spirit Bird - Xavier Rudd





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  1. Anonymous5/28/22, 9:43 PM

    Vow...nice to see you reach very close to Gent... Splendid journey. Feel to read again n again. Nice travelogue

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  2. Leentje Vanlee5/28/22, 10:40 PM

    Loved your photos again! Nice views.... except the garden gnomes, they were a bit scary! 🙃

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  3. Lieve meirsman5/29/22, 8:08 AM

    weer heel mooie en leuke foto's e, zoals Leen schrijft de kabouters waren TE. Nog een paar dagen en dan terug thuis, we zullen je verhalen en foto's missen, ik zie daar elke dag naar uit.

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