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Day 14 Weissenkirchen to Vienna - 60 Miles

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Click here to go to Day 1 Click here for interactive map Day 14 map It was drizzly and grey. Our last day and our first wet day of the trip. Houses, roads, fields, sky all merged into one. House Martins swooped over our heads at a brief briefing.  Mesmerising Multiple nests lined the overhanging arches of the upper windows.  Weissenkirchen was a lovely village. Again, fine outdoor paintings on the walls of homes. A gentleman bowed us farewell as we cycled off into the bleak, drizzly, grey gloom We cycled through  little towns and villages including Dürnstein (overwhelmed by tourists!) and continued through the Wachau valley This valley was full of vineyards after a long period of fields of corn, corn, corn, squash, corn, beans, brassicas and corn. The Kunst Halle in Krems was startling against a backdrop of mostly 18th century buildings. A matter of taste I guess, but I really like it.  Reminded m...
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Day 13 Wallsee to Weissenkirchen - 55 Miles

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We departed from Wallsee heading east to Weissenkirchen... ...mostly hugging the Donau (Danube), except for occasional forays through villages or around building works. Although a misty morning and cloudy sky, the views across the Danube were very fine. A few bizarre buildings. Lots of squash of all different kinds. We passed through the Strundengau Valley... ...travelling at a leisurely pace on our penultimate day. A final brew stop (tomorrow will be a café)... ...and some M&Ms (3.5 kCal per M&M). Not sure my cycling has offset my M&M consumption. We stopped for a rubbish coffee in Ybbs (failed to find the nice coffee shop round the corner).  Unusual name, Ybbs . Pity they don't include proper nouns in scrabble. It boased a cycle museum but no time to visit as we had a planned break in Melk. Our coffee shop platitude matched the plastic tulip on the table. Back on course, following the Donaura...
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