A 15-minute scooter run to the train station for my 4-hour ride to Vienna, Austria. I haven’t been to Vienna in nearly 40 years so I expect there will be lots of new to go with the old.
Well, the Czech trains were a significant upgrade over the German versions. Modern, comfortable, cool, and on-time!
The countryside along the trains path through the Czech Republic was largely flat with a mix of farmland and forest. The plowed fields seem almost rock free, unlike the VERY rocky fields of France, Spain, and Portugal.
Another thing different is that I have seen many deer stands (or maybe bird hunting stands?) in fields adjacent to my various train routes. That is something I never saw in my trips through France, Spain, and Portugal, along with no deer! Well, a couple, but nothing like the U.S.
After my train arrived, I jumped on a scooter to head across town to my hostel. OMG! Vienna has amazing, and mostly off the roadway, bike paths! Much safer zooming around town on my e-scooters. And I didn’t find a single cobblestone street all day! Ah, smooth pavement, what a relief. Prague must have been the cobblestone capital of Europe, and they’re REALLY bumpy on scooters.
Anyway, I dumped my pack at the hostel, got back on a scooter, and headed out to find a hop on – hop off stop for my afternoon of bus-seeing.
The weather has been clear skies everywhere so far, although a bit too hot to be comfortable. Not complaining, but next year when I plan to do countries in the south of Eastern Europe, I plan to come in October!
Here are some not so good bus pix from the afternoon in Vienna.
Since it’s been sweaty weather, I did a full load of clothes at the hostel before dinner. That’ll hold me for another 5-6 days.
The good thing about most laundries in Europe is that they include laundry detergent and it costs less than $9 for a full load of wash and dry. Makes it easy to travel light when you can wash a few things along the way.
For dinner I hit a riverside cafe for a bit of an odd combo: olives and breadsticks, along with Thai beef, vegetables, and rice, washed down with two bottles of water. Good, but not great. I’m going for pizza tomorrow!
And on tap for tomorrow? A walking tour in the morning, then we’ll see what the rest of the day brings.
Words of wisdom, or just to amuse…?
I’m not reading any instructions. I just press buttons until it does what I want.
A Captain’s Adventures 