Yes, we're on the train. Not a good sign when we should be pedaling toward the east. Yesterday we left Vienna late but with enough time to make the 50 km necessary to keep us on schedule. The path was a little rougher than we have become accustomed to including a few km of dirt road. At about the 40 km mark I noticed Sandi's back tire looking flat. We pumped it up and made it into Hainsburgh where I set about repairing the tube next to a fountain which was usefu...

Hello from (very) sunny Vienna. It's Sunday today and we arrived in Vienna yesterday about lunch time. Of course our arrival here marks the successful completion of the first half of our journey - part 2 of Euro Velo 6. More pertinent to our journey, our arrival in Vienna means my previous injuries sustained on the crash at Melk, have not significantly hindered our progress. On the contrary, the shoulder brace I now wear makes me more comfortable than ever on th...

It's not how fast you can go sonny, it's how long you can go fast. Around corners and down hills Sandra rides terribly slowly. I usually tear past and mutter something about wasting the corner. Well yesterday she got to have the last laugh. There is a very long, steep decline as you leave Melk toward the east. As the path descends through the bush to the river bank below, there is a hairpin left hand bend. All was going normally, I had passed Sandi, shifted my ...

We're in Melk and I thought I'd share the view from our dinner table with you. Yesterday we spent half the day wandering around Linz before pedaling off Into a stiff headwind. The wind became stronger and our pedaling became weaker as we faced the heat of the day which here peaks about 4.00 pm. Nevertheless we made about 80 km for the afternoon. Furthermore Sandi is now very adept at slipstreaming. Yesterday we seemed to be passing through an even more beautifu...

Hello from Linz, Austria. I have now ridden my bicycle approximately 250 km across Europe and am feeling tired this morning. If i sit here and blog I don't have to ride so here goes. The Danube has a very smooth bike path most of the way and the views along and from the valley are green and beautiful. We camped the first night in Austria at a dairy farm with a hydro electric generator next door. During the night A Wind storm caused a tree to fall on their Goat pe...