After overcast skies and rain yesterday, today's sunshine was very welcome. We are headed for Austria today, traversing three countries! Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and finally, into Austria.
But we spent the most time in Switzerland, exiting Vaduz in about a New York minute as we traced our path back across the Rhine, this time over the covered bridge we bypassed on the way in.
Across the covered bridge and out of Liechtenstein.
From there, it was easy sailing down the Rhine River valley with beautiful views and flat riding as the Alps slowly receded behind us. We are headed for Lake Constance, and the Rhine has little flow this time of year. Most of our riding was away from the main river and over countryside, through small villages, and along canals and other minor waterways.
The highlight of our day was a stop at Coiffeur am Rhy in Widnau for a sorely needed haircut. Happy and I had originally planned to do this in Vaduz, but nothing was open there on Sunday, or even Monday for that matter. So we were lucky to find this "coiffure" only two blocks off our course. We arrived at 2:30, and the proprietor, Karin Rohner, spoke perfect English, having lived in Canada for several years. The only problem was she had several appointments already scheduled, so we had to wait about an hour for her to be free. But we were only 10 miles from Bregenz, so this was not an issue. I needed a haircut!!!
Along the way we stopped at Coiffeur am Rhy for a haircut!
We had a delightful time for the several hours we were there. Karin is very entertaining and fun to chat with. We were on our way by 4:45 for a nice late afternoon ride into Bregenz. We crossed the Austrian border after another three miles or so and were at the hotel by 6:00. We had a little bit of wayfinding issues after we crossed the border since T-Mobile needed to adjust, and that took some time! But we eventually found our hotel.
Crossing the border into Austria. I've been told I look severe.
