As promised in the short addendum to the last entry, I would like to preface the remainder of this journal with the reasons leading up to my motivation to complete the journal, even after more than a year has passed:  

Our dear friends, the Grampies, Steve and Dodie Miller made another foray into Europe in the spring, Grampies Track the Tortes.  Of course the first thing they did was visit Bernie and Delia who had been storing their bikes since we left them there in the summer.  When Steve and Dodie returned to Vancouver Island they told us sadly that Bernie's health was deteriorating.  Then, just recently they received communication from Bernie's sister of his passing.  Bernie and Delia were such wonderful friends and hosts to us and the Grampies that we cannot help but want to document our time with them and the sweet memories they have left us of our time spent in Austria.

To keep things in order, I will make an entry for the day we spent in Lindau, being the day before we ventured into Austria and met Bernie and Delia.  Then I will document our time spent with them as we completed our grand adventure of Planned Spontaneity.