Met a young family from Anchorage on June 7 in Komarom (Pete, Emily and their kids Sam (10) and Mia (2)). They had the same beat up / sun baked chariot and were just as surprised to meet us. They were touring from Prague to Budapest. They had cool Surly bikes with couplers that allowed them to break them down for flying. It was cool to swap stories and challenges about touring with kids. The cool thing about their setup was that Sam was on his own bike with a decent sized handle bar bag. Camped again with them in Esztergom before wishing them a good rest of their trip.
May 29 - biked 40 km from Krems to Tulln. Kaya had a slow-motion tip over and busted her left brake lever. Luckily it was the front brake and her and Patti were ok to keep going.
May 30 - biked 40 km from Tulln to Vienna. The trail on the north side was flooded at Langenzersdorf, so we had to take a detour into town - all that rain finally caught up with the trail.
May 31 - layover day in Vienna. Went to 4 bike shops to get Kaya’s brake lever fixed. One shop had the part, but nobody had availability to fix. Did it myself and turned out to be pretty quick and easy, plus I put new bar end shifting cable and handle bar wrap - good as new. Staying at the Meininger Hotel, which is kind of like a hostel with private rooms; great place and had washer and dryer. After touring for a month we stunk and all our clothes needs a serious wash. Ambur Braid (Kaya’s childhood friend from Terrace) flew in from Frankfurt for a ladies night with Kaya and Steph - Ambur sings Opera in Frankfurt and is in the middle of rehearsals - pretty cool she had the time to meet up.
June 1 - layover day in Vienna. Went to the Schloss Schönbrunn place - Maria Theresa’s palace. Pretty crazy garden with massive fountain. Went to Mumok museum of modern art - cool vertigo exhibit, but other than that I’m not sophisticated enough to appreciate modern art. Steph and John went for an opera date night while we watched the boys.
June 2 - layover day in Vienna. Date night with Kaya and I - ate amazing Indian food, drinks on the canal and live jazz club - great night.
June 3 - biked 40 km from Vienna to Petronell-Carnuntum (old provincial Roman Capital).
June 4 - biked 50 km from Petronell-Carnuntum to Rajka. We had breakfast in Austria, lunch in Slovakia (Bratislava - the capital), and dinner in Hungary.
June 5 - biked 60 km from Rajka to Gyor.
June 6 - biked 60 km from Gyor to Komarom. Rough road on clayey farmers field and sandy back roads. People have been much more friendly in Slovakia and Hungary. Food is also much better. The only thing is the trail is not as manicured, but that’s ok.
June 7 - layover day in Komarom at thermal bath campground. Felt great to soak our muscles.
June 8 - biked 57 km from Komarom to Esztergom. 28 deg! Getting hard to keep kids cool.
June 9 - layover day in Esztergom. Street festival with food vendors and live music!
May 29 - biked 40 km from Krems to Tulln. Kaya had a slow-motion tip over and busted her left brake lever. Luckily it was the front brake and her and Patti were ok to keep going.
May 30 - biked 40 km from Tulln to Vienna. The trail on the north side was flooded at Langenzersdorf, so we had to take a detour into town - all that rain finally caught up with the trail.
May 31 - layover day in Vienna. Went to 4 bike shops to get Kaya’s brake lever fixed. One shop had the part, but nobody had availability to fix. Did it myself and turned out to be pretty quick and easy, plus I put new bar end shifting cable and handle bar wrap - good as new. Staying at the Meininger Hotel, which is kind of like a hostel with private rooms; great place and had washer and dryer. After touring for a month we stunk and all our clothes needs a serious wash. Ambur Braid (Kaya’s childhood friend from Terrace) flew in from Frankfurt for a ladies night with Kaya and Steph - Ambur sings Opera in Frankfurt and is in the middle of rehearsals - pretty cool she had the time to meet up.
June 1 - layover day in Vienna. Went to the Schloss Schönbrunn place - Maria Theresa’s palace. Pretty crazy garden with massive fountain. Went to Mumok museum of modern art - cool vertigo exhibit, but other than that I’m not sophisticated enough to appreciate modern art. Steph and John went for an opera date night while we watched the boys.
June 2 - layover day in Vienna. Date night with Kaya and I - ate amazing Indian food, drinks on the canal and live jazz club - great night.
June 3 - biked 40 km from Vienna to Petronell-Carnuntum (old provincial Roman Capital).
June 4 - biked 50 km from Petronell-Carnuntum to Rajka. We had breakfast in Austria, lunch in Slovakia (Bratislava - the capital), and dinner in Hungary.
June 5 - biked 60 km from Rajka to Gyor.
June 6 - biked 60 km from Gyor to Komarom. Rough road on clayey farmers field and sandy back roads. People have been much more friendly in Slovakia and Hungary. Food is also much better. The only thing is the trail is not as manicured, but that’s ok.
June 7 - layover day in Komarom at thermal bath campground. Felt great to soak our muscles.
June 8 - biked 57 km from Komarom to Esztergom. 28 deg! Getting hard to keep kids cool.
June 9 - layover day in Esztergom. Street festival with food vendors and live music!
It's look like you have a great time in Europe. It fun go read about your travel with kids. /Martin (sweden)
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