No longer awaken by the Call to Prayer, we hear ringing church bells instead. Lots of ringing of bells.
We find the bike path that leads us out of town and we start the hill climb past the dam. We come up to a museum that has a strange building overlooking the hillside. It looks like a tunnel sticking out of the hillside: Quite the cantilever action going on.
Once we reach a plateau the route we follow takes us through a couple of small towns, but no coffee to be found. Then, a downhill back down to the Drava River and a climb up on the other side. There are a couple of lakes and large stretches of forest. Mostly we follow bikepaths, sometimes short sections on roads.
Still, there are no cafes for coffee to be found until we are quite close to Klagenfurt. The last ten kilometers is along a nice trail that follows a new railroad line. We zigzag our way to our Warmshowers host.
The local cyclist tells us yes this is the bike path to take to Klagenfurt
Before reaching our Warmshowers for the night, we stop to shop for supplies for the train ride tomorrow. Notice the sign, there are shopping carts with a shelf for a baby carrier.
Klaus lived in Boise Idaho for six years when he was teaching at the University of Idaho extension. He is a hydrological engineer and consults around the world. Klaus has quite the story on how he lost all his fingers and toes on a climbing expedition in the Tien Shan Mountains back in the early nineties. And he met his wife Susana while floating the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. We enjoy our evening together.
Tomorrow, we take the train to Ulm Germany. This then gives us enough time to cycle to Holland.
Today's ride: 61 km (38 miles) Total: 3,794 km (2,356 miles)
