Category Archives: Austria

Austria, Salzburg, 14 – 17 September 2019

Posted on Tuesday, 17-September-2019 by Chris Desmond

Sankt Lorenzen to Salzburg – This was a crazy ride, first the road had fallen down down a cliff and I had to turn back and find another way. Next the Grossglockner road which costs €26.50 for a day ticket … Continue reading →

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Austria, Sankt Lorenzen, 11 – 13 September 2019

Posted on Friday, 13-September-2019 by Chris Desmond

Arta Terme to Sankt Lorenzen – another short ride deeper into the Austrian Alps. The road took me over the Plocken Pass and it deteriorated markedly in Austria. I travelled this route but in the other direction last year. Hundreds … Continue reading →

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Germany – Schollbrunn, 15 September 2018

Posted on Saturday, 15-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Another border crossing from Austria to Germany which I approached with dread and I rode straight through no one there but I was not getting off so easy. A few kilometres into Germany there was a queue of traffic about … Continue reading →

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Austria – Vienna, 11 – 14 September 2018

Posted on Friday, 14-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Vienna – home to Mozart and Freud, population 2.6 million, a million statues and thousands of museums. Opera, Burggarten, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Museums Quartier, Hofburg, Kohlmarkt, Graben and Kartner Streets. Naschmarkt, Secession Museum, Rathaus, Wiener Minoritenkirche and I replaced the air filter on my bike, it was … Continue reading →

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Austria – Vienna, 09 – 10 September 2018

Posted on Monday, 10-September-2018 by Chris Desmond

Budapest, Hungary to Austria, Vienna, just around the corner, only a 3 hour ride. Fine and cool with blue skies and being in the Schengen area now no border crossing to worry about  today or so I thought hahaha, think … Continue reading →

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Italy – Trieste, 18 – 20 May 2018

Posted on Sunday, 20-May-2018 by Chris Desmond

Ingolstadt to Trieste, great ride over the alps with only a few patches of drizzle, hundreds of bikes on the road. I first had to stop in Rosenheim at the Louis Bike shop to buy a new Bike alarm, the … Continue reading →

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Netherlands to Slovenia, 3-6 July 2013

Posted on Saturday, 6-July-2013 by Chris Desmond

Left Veghel, Netherlands in a  drizzle and it rained all day through Germany except for an hour just before crossing the Swiss border. Riding in the rain is very tiring as helmets do not have wipers and you have to … Continue reading →

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Europe, 10 May – 05 July 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 6-July-2010 by Chris Desmond

I hired a car and drove around Europe for a couple of months 1. Los Angeles to Amsterdam 2. Veghel, Netherlands 3. Eindhoven, Netherlands to Stanstead, UK 4. Brooklands and Mercedes, UK 5. London Eye, UK 6. East Sussex, UK … Continue reading →

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