Day 13-15: I had a hard time posting about Austria because I didn’t know how to explain how amazing it was. It was absolutely gorgeous – clear blue skies with fluffy clouds, rolling green hills, monstrous snow-capped mountains, and crystal clear lakes. The air was fresh and clean and smelled like Christmas trees.
View from a Gravel Road Wrong Turn
Thomas at the top of Grossglockner Road
Have you been anywhere before where just breathing in the air fills you with happiness and energy? That’s what this place felt like. I just wanted to jump and down with excitement.
Schloss Ort Castle across Traunsee Lake
View from the Road
We spent three days crossing Austria. On the first day, we rode from Budapest along the Danube River to Linz. It was a beautiful trail filled with wine fields. The second day started with a tour of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp, later a luge ride, and then ended with the terrifying Grossglockner High Alpine Road across the highest peak in the Austrian Alps. The third day brought us into Munich with a couple stops to dip our toes in the roadside lakes.
A Quick Dip in a Rest Stop Lake
View from the Road
Thomas could have dropped me off on the side of the road anywhere along our trail and I would have been happy to stay there for a week or two. We have both agreed that we need to come back to this area and spend more time…maybe even as a bicycle tour. We saw a ton of families traveling around on bicycles with saddlebags and camping gear.
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We loved it and recommend it to anyone who is traveling to Austria.
but we only got to spend basically two days there. We went on a day trip from Munich and then another time we went to Salzburg.
To visit another European country again- we would like it to b Austria.
Im glad you enjoyed it.
Have a good ride home!
I had no idea what it might be like there… you’ve got me making wishful plans!
yep, i have been a place like that.. austria. also switzerland and bavaria. sigh. europe.
So very cool! :D
Makes me want to go back. Not really. Don’t think I want any more long flights.
Yes, I have found at least one place that made me feel so joyful I couldn’t stand it. :) A little town in Arizona – but who knows, Austria might have that same appeal, if I could ever get there. lol I love your wrong turn!!
The best thing about your trips is that we get to come along..thanks.
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This looks like an absolutely incredible trip! Austria is a beautiful country. And I swear I have a photo of the same stretch of road as your final pic, only when I was there it was covered in snow :) BTW. I’ve added your site to the CheeseWeb blogroll. Keep up the great work!
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