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Tour date: 1-17 June 2005. Total distance: 1400 km.
Bicycle Tour: Eastern Europe (Italy - Slovenia - Croatia - Hungary - Slovakia - Austria - Czech Republic)
Thomas Driemeyer2005-10-16 14:37:51
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a big city. There is a pedestrian bridge at the northern tip of the island to the north shore of the Danube, where the Danube bicycle path #6 resumes. It's just as nice as before, and we followed it until a hydroelectric dam where we turned off towards the town of Stockerau. There is a Spar supermarket here.
To avoid the traffic on route 303, we used side streets through Senning and Großmugl to Hollabrunn. This is a very scenic route through the hills of Niederoesterreich, looking exactly as the tourist brochures show it - rolling hills, pastures and fields, small villages, narrow roads, and many nice views. There is almost no traffic. There are two steep 80m climbs with a truly annoying stop sign at the bottom in the middle. The weather was sunny and warm, and we enjoyed a truly novel weather change - a tailwind. In Hollabrunn we had to switch to route 303, which is comparably busy. There aren't that many cars, but the large trucks are annoying.
CZECH REPUBLIC
The border formalities were perfunctory as usual, we were just waved through. Those idiots in the US immigration service should come here and take a look at how it's done. On the Czech side, there is a string of truly gross amusement parks, with fake castles and huge plastic dragons and the like. Is that what Austrians come here for? Route 303 is called E59 here, and it took us to Znojmo. We stayed at the Hotel Austis there because it was getting late. As usual everybody accepts Euros, which seems to become a defacto alternate currency in non-Euro EU countries. Prices are much lower than in Austria. Viennese ice cream is light-years ahead of Czech ice cream.
To avoid the busy euroroute, we chose small roads from Znojmo through Hluboke Masuvky, Jevisovice, Jaromerice, Lesunky, Chlistov, Heraltice, and Brtnice to Jihlava. The route is beautiful, like yesterday's tour through the rolling hills and villages
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Slovenia Gallery
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Slovakia Gallery
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Italy Gallery
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Hungary Gallery
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Czech Republic Gallery
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Croatia Gallery
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Austria Gallery
