The big balkan cycle adventure

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…..l et’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….. ...

I was writing a lenghty post of my today’s adventures until the blog app which I’m using crashed…So it will be an shorter post  than planned…. This morning I woke at 7.00 thanks to the 130 I cycled yesterday. After breakfast I saddled Black Horse to ride to Melk leaving a hotel which was probably used for a dark thriller movie in the 50’s. Strangely there was a stark contrast between the corridors which were dark, old and gloomy and the rooms which were light and quite modern…the twilight zone….. Leaving Linz, 3rd biggest city of Austria and considered by Hitler as his hometown, brought me through a chemical industrial area pranged between the city center and the Danube. Once I crossed the bridge and on the left bank ready to head to Melk, my destination of today.  The day could be described as the perfect mix between uneventful and perfect. Why ? In no order of importance :  Great weather ; blue sky again and warm enough to cycle without jacket from 10.30. I noticed a sl...