Made it to Innsbruck!
But it was hard work to geet there. The weather was hot, we had a long ride since we were so lazy the day before and there were a few detours along the way - partly our fault and partly due to road works.
The mountains got more dramatic as we went further up the Inn valley. Here's an aerial view of the peaks roughly the way we saw them (except our weather was not as clear and more humid).
Of course, we were just riding along the valley, so wee saw the hills from the bottom, but we consumed a lot of liquid in the heat - 35° again. Austria is experiencing what they are calling a Sahara heat wave, with record temperatures throughout the country.
We made our silliest navigating mistake on this run too, accidentally going about 5km up the Ziller valley instead of carrying on along the River Inn. These valleys are rather large and pretty hard to miss, so it's not exactly like missing a turning in town! That increased our day's distance to 95km, but at least it gave us our first views of some snow-capped peaks.
We eventually made it to our hotel and went into Innsbruck old town, which was packed with tourists. After looking around for a non-touristy place to have our final meal together before Tina heads back to Berlin, we made the worst possible choice in a chain restaurant called Papa Joes. They even expected me to drink my beer out of the pretty ridiculous glass and needed a lot of convincing to get me a normal one.(http://www.papajoes-ibk.at/chianti-restaurant-alcoholic.php?start=drinks&end=drinks)
Distance today: 95 km
Total to Innsbruck: 1180 km
So the holiday's over for Tina (I am most annoyed by her colleagues for not letting her stay here!)
It's been a fabulous holiday with a worrying lack of arguments (are we saving them all up for Berlin?). Tina was pretty apprehensive about the trip, but the girl done really good! (especially for her age). :-) I wonder what the rest of the trip is going to be like on my own.
The next morning, I put Tina on the train back to Munich armed with a style magazine to while away the hours.
Now it's time to set off up to Landeck.
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4 comments:
Armer Ben! Soo allein!! Nur die vielen Berge als Begleitung! Wir werden feste an Dich denken. OOOh!
Here, we had atrocious flash flooding in our village/county, yesterday. Steventon was even in the news, since the High Street and Milton Lane, the road opposite from us at the end of the Green, turned into rivers in a few hours. Teh Green itself was a lake and we just missed the rising waters, but more than 50 houses were flooded, including the Co-op and......the Cherry Tree! Sunshine today on extensive water puddles. Frogs galore.
Less good news on the house front: very bleak prospects;will keep you posted. Peter in bed, me only croaky. 19 degrees max, when sunny.
Keep your chin up as well, ours is already stiff from the constant effort - son' Mist! Mum
Sektflaschen knallen, Konfettieregen, klatschende begeisterte Menschen, die Tina nach Innsbruck reintragen, so war es bestimmt, richtig? Wenn nicht, hätte sie es auf alle Fälle verdient!!!!! Und Du natürlich auch, denn ein Mann in Deinem Alter....:o) Du weißt, dass die Latte jetzt sehr hoch hängst, wenn Du in Tinas Alter kommst....:o) Ich freue mich auf Tina wieder in Berlin, Dir wünsche ich nicht zuviel Einsamkeit, die Umstellung ist immer schwer und weiterhin viel Spass..Alles Liebe Margie
Hi mein lieber ,das mit dem Alter das wird dir jett natürlich immer vorgehalten und auch in vergleich gesetzt. ob der englische humor nicht etwas weit gegangen ist.???
ich wünsc h dir a8uf alle fälle eine sacöne weiterreise und das du heil wieder zurück kommst.bin stolz auf meine schwester.gruß annette
Keine Sorge, Mädels. Ich bin super stolz auf meine Freundin. Es war nie meine Absicht, Euch Ü-40er zu beleidigen. ;-)
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