August 18, 2019
A Perfect Day
Rietz to Landeck
Friday November 15, 2019
Somehow I never finished my journal. I wasn't writing while on the road, but had every intention of posting the journal soon after we got home. That was about three months ago - and I have still to write the final chapter. What were the obstacles that kept me from writing? Was I so busy, was it the usual writers block? I think it was something else, but I'll get around to that later. Now back to sunny August.
In retrospect I don't remember much about the day. I could repeat some of what I had written about the previous days: it was sunny, but not too warm, the sky was a fantastic blue, we had stunning mountain scenery to either side, the paths were excellent. And it got more interesting than the bike path had been on the previous days, with short sections that were narrower or rougher and a bit steeper, following streams and further away from signs of civilization, i.e. cars. These were also the parts of the trail where I didn't want to get off my bike for pictures, there wasn't really room to stop. Since it was Sunday, there were also a few more cyclists out than we had seen so far, but not so many that it was a problem.
Not much more to say so let's get on with the picture gallery.
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Nine years ago, in our pre-ebike days, we were in Landeck and on our way to the Reschenpass. On that trip we had taken the train and not cycled from Munich as we did this time. Strange how arriving by bike makes everything looks so different. I hardly recognized the place. Or perhaps I wouldn't recognize anything after nine years? At any rate, we were looking forward to repeating the lovely ride into Italy and beyond.
We haven't gone on bike trips too often in August and are surprised - and dismayed - to see that accommodation in the high season is more expensive than we anticipated and last minute booking doesn't leave you a lot of choice. Nevertheless, we found accommodation for the following two nights, admittedly a bit pricey, and felt happy knowing that we would have rooms waiting for us at the end of the day.
And now what you have been waiting for - Janos's video. Much too much of me pedaling away, sorry about that! Just look at the mountains or fast forward or something. Janos wasn't about to work on another edit after doing such a good job synchronizing the music. Music credits are at the end.
Today's ride: 48 km (30 miles)
Total: 246 km (153 miles)
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