Day 21 I headed down to breakfast at 9:30 which proved to be a bad move as there was not any hot breakfast left. After breakfast I returned to my room to relax. After reading parts of my Milan guide book I updated my blog and downloaded the photos and videos from my cameras and phone. Checked my travel card and did some online banking to top it up with euro. Then wrote some postcards. At 1pm I decided to walk into town and find a post office to post my cards. Aft...

Day 20 I had a good sleep in and went down to breakfast at 9am. The last of the tour group had left on early flights this morning so I had no suggestions as to what to do today. A truly free day. After breakfast I returned to my room did a little washing and spent the rest of the morning organising my photos and catching up on the blog. About 1:30pm I walked into the centre of the city. Stopping at NAMA a large department store on the way. Inside NAMA I felt like...

Day 19 It was good to get dressed in shorts, polo shirt and Merrells to head down to breakfast instead of riding gear. Steve, Olga, James and Thomas had left at 4am. However the rest of the crew were there for breakfast. Rita had hired her bike for an additional two weeks and was heading off after breakfast for some solo riding to Venice. Jose and Beth were leaving early Tuesday for Milan. The group of Ausiess were heading to Italy by bus. Esther was flying out f...

Day 18 Another 8am start today for the 312km ride South East to Ljubljana.Todays ride will take us through Tauern `pass, Turracher Pass and Loibl Pass in the Austrian Alps. Temp will vary on todays ride from 10 degrees to 30 degrees with it getting warmer when we enter Slovinia. It was to prove to be our best days riding with a mixture of lazy open bends, high speed straights and twisty mountain passes. From Salzburg we headed to Hallein near the German border th...

Day 17 We set off at 8am for the 284km trip  following the Vltava River to The Austrian border then onto Salzburg. Much of todays ride is through pristine Austrian countryside with picture perfect scenery. I even found my self singing "The `hills are alive with the sound of music. With songs they have herd for a thousand years". Unfortunately I could not remember the next line of the song so I just continuously repeated those two lines until my throat got dr...