Day two was even better than day one! First we fueled up with a delicious and hearty Austrian breakfast buffet at our hotel before setting off along the bike path up river to Landeck. The weather was perfect - sunny with some puffy clouds and temperatures in the mid 20's. We stopped for morning coffee break with the requisite Appel strudel on a nice patio before starting up a new narrower valley heading through a corner of Switzerland, back into Austria for a 5km climb with 11 switchbacks, before crossing into Italy and over the 1550m Reschen Pass. Gorgeous lake at the top with a half-submerged church in it. Then it was down down down the bike path through some picturesque little towns with narrow, crooked streets, through forest, fields, and apple orchards to Oris. A 115km day in all. Walked down the road for pizza e birra before climbing into bed exhausted.
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| Approaching Swizerland |
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| Bucolic climb near the top |
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| Kevin on the lakeside path |
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| First dinner in Italy! |
Nice post - sounds like you're having a blast. Too bad my computer won't open the photos. An Apple thing maybe? Maybe Lindsay and Edwina will be able to see.
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Ride safe!
Hi Mark and Mary! I can't see the pictures either (on my iPhone). Sounds like you are having a blast, mark! Have fun when you join them Mary!
ReplyDeleteHi Mark. Sounds like a great trip. RE: the photos, if you haven't already tried this, I suggest saving your photos as jpegs and then posting them to the blog in that format. Should work (fingers crossed). Gotta see those photos because it sounds like a great trip.
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