June 5, 2017
Day 2 - Kremsau to Rodl
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We had a great night's sleep - the hotel seemed to be miles away from any roads and it was super quiet. In the morning, we woke to a much warmer and sunnier day. Still some clouds in the sky, but really perfect cycling weather.
We had breakfast in the hotel, got the bike out of the bike garage, and turned left toward Vienna. The bike path was crowded today. Every type of touring was represented, from older folks on e-bikes to some large tour groups in matching jerseys. One group of exceptionally loud Americans made us cringe a bit, but they were having so much fun it was hard to be critical.
After a short ride, we came to today's bike ferry. So sweet!
The ferry took us across the river to Schlogen, where there was a huge hotel and campground. We took advantage of the campground store to provision ourselves for a picnic lunch.
After a very short ride, we came to another small village, Inzell. We were nosing around an interesting-looking chapel when a lady came out of one of the surrounding houses with keys in her hand. She let us into the church - a beautiful little place!
After Inzell starts the wildest part of the trip - in the sense of seeming far from civilization. It was a long, long section of beautiful tarmac path with absolutely nothing around except the river, the trees, and the birds. What an amazing ride!
After too short a time, we came into the town of Aschach, where we again nosed into the local church for a quick look.
After a quick inspection, we rode away from the river to visit the Hartkirchen church. On the way, we passed a pick-your-own flower farm. Based on the honor system - wonder how that would work in France?
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The Hartkirchen church was another riot in rococo. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
After feasting our eyes on the church, we stumbled back outside and headed back to the river and downstream to the next stop. Eferding is actually a small city with lots of shops and services, but it was lunchtime and everything was closed. So we sat on a park bench in the central square and ate our picnic lunch.
Of course, there was a church in Eferding that was worth looking at...
Our final stop for the day was Wilhering Abbey. We came in through the stables, which didn't give a really great first impression.
But then, inevitably, there was the abbey church. And more rococo decoration. Again, there are no words...
We escorted our tired eyeballs back outside and focused on getting to our next hotel. To get there, we had to cross the river again.
This time, we crossed on a car/bike/pedestrian ferry that has no motor - it runs on a cable and moves itself back and forth across the river by pointing its bow one way or the other. What a clever way to cross the river with zero emissions!
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Once across, we had a few more minutes of riding on forest paths to the door of our accommodation for the night, Landgasthof Rodlhof. After cleaning up, we repaired to the biergarten.
Today's ride: 72 km (45 miles)
Total: 119 km (74 miles)
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