Zwentendorf to Melk
Another warm morning greeted us today. We were up a bit earlier than usual, had a banana for breakfast because no stores are open on account of the holiday. Our friends
from Munich were just stirring as we were heading out. The first 25 km's were rather bland passing through an industrial area. We stopped to have some breakfast at a restaraunt in Rohrendorf and had another learning experience. The scenery picked up as we moved along with views of castle ruins and quaint cities on the other side of the river. We stopped at a ferry crossing in Weissenkirchen for lunch which consisted of two leftover rolls from breakfast with liver sausage, a cookie to share and a banana a piece. Yes, our food supply has just about run out. We heard there was a pretty neat abbey to see in Melk so we continued on. A few km's before Melk we saw a sign for a strawberry stand, so we rode up the road and wanted to purchase just a couple of handfulls, maybe 20 berries, so we picked them out and then when we asked how much, the guy said no charge. After setting up camp we rode up to the abbey to have a look around. It is huge and sits on a hill overlooking Melk. One !
of the highlights of the abbey included the library with books going back to the 1300's with over 100,000 books in all. The other highlight was the church. Just amazing. On the way back to camp we toured the narrow cobblestone streets of the old town. Dinner in a restaraunt rounded out the day. As we write it seems a change in the weather might be coming through. It has been trying to rain for the last couple of days but nothing has come of it. Now there is a cold wind howling and Marie is sitting in the tent with her fleece jacket and rain jacket on and in her sleeping bag. As for rain it has just sprinkled so far.
Kms 68.51
Time 3:56:52
Avg 17.3
Max 47.3
Total 892.8
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