Daphne's Drivel

 Sat Sep 26th to Tues Sep 29th From Villach, Austria, we were now well positioned to get trains just about anywhere. But we needed to start making our way closer to Munich for our flight home on Sept 30th. There wasn't enough time left to cycle the whole way back there, so we would be taking a couple of trains to expedite the journey. The first section would be from Villach to Salzburg, where we planned to stay for a few nights. On the train to Salzburg Great mountain views on this train journey  (no difficult steps to be negotiated in this station, the lifts were working!) While waiting to board our train in Villach, I got chatting to another cycle tourist Paul who was from Melbourne. As we were loading our bikes in the dedicatedt bike wagon, I met his wife Margie,and learned they had just completed the Alpe Adria tour. When I told her my name, she asked if I was Daphne from YouTube!!! Another big surprise for me! This was the second occurrence of being recognized on this tou...

 Thursday and Friday Sep 24th -25th We had a route all planned out for today to take us towards the mountain resort town of Kranjska Gora, and expected to have quite a bit of climbing. For various reasons, one of which was to possibly reduce the amount of climbing, we modified the route a bit. However, the day proved quite challenging due to a couple of navigation issues plus several road closures due to construction and at least one impossible pathway! We were also trying to stay off some busy roads. But at least the weather was perfect, apart from a light rain shower. One of the better route sections of the morning They say there's one in every family 😁 Great pathway but we both pushed the bikes up this hill Once we reached the industrial town of Jesenice, we finally joined up with the excellent pathway called the D2, which follows an old railway route all the way to the Italian border. There were lots of hills, some of which I walked. Our afternoon was brightened with a chance ...

 Sept 22nd - 23rd There's a good reason cars and cyclists choose to take the moto-rail between Most na Soci and Bohinjska Bistrica. The elevation goes from about 200 meters at the Most train station to 525 meters at the end of the ride. A difficult, steep and winding mountain road does join the two towns, so most people avoid it in favor of the train. Upon arriving at Bohinjska, our goal was the short 15 km ride to the lake of the same name, where we knew there was a campground on the south shore. The ride was gorgeous, and the weather was perfect.  The photos that follow are in reverse order, but you'll get the idea! Evening light just in front of our tents Soaking up the last of the sun before the dramatic cool-down There were some people swimming, but we didn't venture in Our tents are back in the trees there somewhere Toasting our best campground yet!   Arriving at the lake. The campground was at the far end The lovely cycleway to Bohinjska jezero  (the proper na...