writes about Austria:
Off ya bike
After a month of riding, 1700 odd kilometres, and only three rest days, Ness and I did actually make it to Vienna on the bikes. Just in time too, because as of November 1, 90% of the campsites in Europe appear to have closed up for Winter. And as Si mentioned the weather turned quite cold - conveniently, we were safely tucked away in the comfort of my cousin Caitlin and Tom's apartment.
So now the bikes (and us) are having a well earned rest as we beetle about in the Mondeo for a while. Last time that happened was when we drove from London to Dover to catch a ferry with the bikes inside the car.
Now we have a new piece of kit.
Thanks to Tom's advice, we now have a shiny new bicycle rack for the Mondeo that cost less than a third of the price of two train tickets for us and bikes from Vienna to Rome. This makes us happy as we now have more money to spend in Italy on wine, hot chocolate and gelati.
Comments on Off ya bike
Kath says:
Dear Motty,
Good to hear you are in Italy. Kel says they have very noice man bags and leather goods there. He still has some from the 70's. he also was inspired to become a perveyer of fine foods after his I- talian experience. Watch those hot chocolates they stack on the kilos and make the leather pants a bit snug.
Comment added on Saturday, November 11, 2006