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Glad to hear it!
5 years agoThis is the first snake we have seen in all our trips to Europe. It was really pretty and totally harmless.
5 years agoSo far we have been really lucky, high winds but no rain. Let's hope it stays this way.We are
5 years agoMikulov! We stayed in Mikulov almost exactly 20 years ago - May, 1999 on our way from Krakow to Salzburg. We may have stayed int the same place too, although I’m not sure. It’s amazing that there are 30 choices now - back then, there were only. Few inns open as I recall. It poured all night and the next morning, and we had to force ourselves out the door.
5 years agoBut wait? Which of those yummy tortes did you try? And how were they? Have you come up with some sort of torte resting system? Will there be a picture of all the tortes you've tried on the last page where the reader has to try and match the pic to the place where you found it? By the way, good job, Dodie, setting up your photo shoot!
5 years agoVery pretty, though!
5 years agoOh no! Snakes! Jim HATES snakes! Now how will I get him to go over there?
5 years agoHi Grampies,
I've missed a few days of your travels, but this morning I started catching up and here I've landed on your Vienna page. I've never been there, and it's likely I never will, but through your pictures and clever descriptions I can see that Vienna is everything I thought it would be--and more. The "more" would be such quirky things as the fire brigade and its dogs waiting to be blessed, the cyclist cutting off the white stallion AND the Mercedes in one fell swoop, and the Chicken Shack.
Here in the Mpls.-St.Paul metro area we have a lot of chicken joints. I'm going to see if any of them (KFC, Cain's, Popeye's, Chick-fil-A, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc.) serve both chicken and schnitzel. Not likely, but if they do, I'll order both and pretend I'm in Austria.
Greg
That’s so interesting. It is Palouseish. We’ve biked from Czechia down to the Danube twice in the past, but never on this traverse. I don’t recall it seeming at all like this.
5 years agoHi Steve/Dodie -hoping you are tracking the number of tortes on your ride (in addition to quality of course). I would be curious as to your eventual “torteage”, similar to mileage .... kilometres/torte or tortes per 100km. Enjoy Vienna and all those tortes ...yummy!
5 years agoHow cool! It looks like an Aesculapian Snake, though I’ve never seen one. Good job, not squishing it!
5 years agoThat’s great to have lockers.
5 years agoWhat no commentary on the pronunciation of Melk relative to milk the beverage? Disappointing...
5 years agoYou’ll be pleased to hear that team Flash is currently 2-0 for the spring season!
5 years ago
France 2019
5 years agoLes Saints de glace du samedi 11 mai au lundi 13 mai.
Les “Saints de glace”correspondent à une période de gelées tardives qui a lieu chaque année entre le 11 et le 13 mai. Le terme “saints” se rapporte ici aux trois saints catholiques Saint Mamert, Saint Pancrace et Saint Servais, dont la fête est justement célébrée au cours de ces trois jours.
I always plant my tomatoes after Ice Saints