During the last day of the trip, I had mixed feelings:
nostalgia and a bit of regret, 'cause in a few days we'll be back to out "much too static" life
satisfaction and accomplishment, 'cause we were able to keep up with the road
happiness, 'cause I was able to add another fun activity to my list, together my loved one and one of our best friends.
However, we shouldn't draw the line too fast here... we were close to Vienna, but not that close!!!
I'm not really sure why, but this last day was the hardest (effort-vise, I mean).
The bike route from Traismauer to Vienna was nearly 70km long, that meant about 10km longer than what we had gotten used to, the days before.
Also, the sun was playing hard to get :) and soon, the rain became part of the main course.
Before lunch-time, the sun was still up there with us, doing it's job, brightening the day!
Time for a photo shooting session, in the sun-flower fields!!! Everybody pull out the equipment! :D
We decided to cycle on the southern bank, as we wanted to have our lunch brake in Tulln old town center. What I admired along the Eurovelo, that the restaurants, accommodation places (villas, hotels) all bike-friendly. In every location, it was very easy to find a place to park your bike and have a quick visit of the surroundings.
It was only after leaving Tulln, that the sun decided to abandon us and rest behind the clouds... and it was after we entered Vienna, that it started to rain.
When you enter Vienna by bike, don't feel like you've accomplished the mission, too fast.. :) as it turned out, we were not that close to the finish line!
We cycled for more than 10km from the Wien sign, to Prater Park, and then to the Hotel. It was already raining heavily and at some point we engaged in "bike sprints" between bridges :-) It was both fun & wet!
Even tough we reached Vienna before sunset, by the time we reached Prater it was already dark!
When we got to the hotel, we were very tired, it was late and since the weather was not really inviting, we decided to replace the planned evening-city-visit with a nice & relaxing evening in the Hotel lobby (restaurant): chatting, eating and drinking for the success of our great journey!
Cheers! & Looking forward to the next bike trip on EuroVelo routes!
