Day 125, Brezová pod Bradlom – Holubyho chata

Weather: ☀️🌤️🌤️⛈️⛅Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, basic hearty meal in a restaurant in Myjava) Track: 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰 (4 out of 5, pretty forest trail up in the Slovakian hills, along the Czech-Slovak border, great views from the top of Vel’ka Javorina)…

Day 124, 3250 km Havranica – Brezová pod Bradlom

Weather: ☀️🌤️🌤️☀️☀️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps with peanut butter and Nutella) Track: 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰 (3 out of 5, nice forest trail into the Slovakian hills, with cool Ridgeline at the start of the day) Milestone: 3250 km!Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌 (3 out…

Day 123, 2000 miles! Hórny Vrch – Havranica

Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps with peanut butter and Nutella)Track: 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰(4 out of 5, tough but pretty forest trail into the Slovakian hills, with beautiful views) Milestone: 2000 miles!Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat spot in the…

Day 122 Biely Kríz – Hórny Vrch

Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, lentil soup and Langos bread at Baba…) Track: 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰(3 out of 5, nice forest trail into the Slovakian hills)Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat spot in the forest)Name of followed trail: SNP trail…

Day 121, Hainburg an der Donau – Biely Kríz

Weather: 🌤️🌤️⛈️🌤️⛈️🌤️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread at the gas station, taking shelter from the rain. Bread was good, location could be better…)Track: 🇦🇹🇸🇰🇸🇰(3 out of 5, diverse walk along the Donau and through Bratislava into the forest)Milestone: Austria ✅…

Day 120, Orth an der Donau – Hainburg an der Donau

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️🌤️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps on a picnic bench) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, walk through forested flatlands and along the Donau. More diverse than yesterday, yet nothing really special)Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat…

Day 119, Vienna – Orth an der Donau

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️🌤️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread from the supermarket at a picnic place with a closed cafe) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹 (overall 2 out of 5, Cool to walk out of Vienna for 2 km, after that 32 km of…

Zeroday 20, Vienna

We woke up in time and went for a very good breakfast. After that we took our bicycles to the Hofburg, to see some royal treasures from the time of the Austria-Hungarian empire. This was a vast empire. We’ll be…

Zeroday 19, Vienna

Since we have an extra day, we spend today relaxing, sewing, mending and preparing for our next leg. Tomorrow will be our touristy day 😁. We sleep in and go for a late breakfast with fluffy toast. Back at the…

Zeroday 18, Vienna

We had a great first zeroday in Vienna!We used the bicycle as a form of transport for once, a great move. This way we can enjoy everything the city has to offer, without walking to much 😁 We enjoyed ourselves…

Day 118, Manhartsbrunn – Vienna

Weather: ☁️🌤️🌤️⛈️⛈️☁️ Picnic: 🥪🥪 (2 out 5, disappointed to eat wraps on a spot in the shade too close to Vienna to not find a café) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (overall 3 out of 5, nice forest track with great views over…

Day 117, Ernstbrunn – Manhartsbrunn

Weather: ☀️🌤️⛅⛅⛅ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread in the shade) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, nice farm tracks through the sunflower fields and forest.) Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat spot in the forest) Name of…

Day 116, Mailberg – Ernstbrunn

Weather: ☀️🌤️⛅⛅⛅ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread in the shade) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, nice farm tracks through the sunflower fields and forest.) Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌 (5 out of 5, very cool room with cellar shower and…

Day 115, 3000 km Retz – Mailberg

Weather: ☀️☀️🌤️🌤️⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread at the Billa supermarket in Haugsdorf) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, nice farm tracks through the sunflower fields and vineyards. Also through a few very cool villages.)Milestone: 3000 km Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌🛌…

Day 114, Hardegg – Retz

Weather: 🌤️⛅☁️☁️⛅ Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, great (slightly late) lunch from the farm shop in Retz) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, beautiful rocky trail along the river followed by an easy track through the forest) Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌 (3…

Day 113, Drosendorf – Hardegg

Weather: 🌤️⛅☁️☁️⛅Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out 5, a sponsored lunch in a cafe in Geras, by a visitor who liked our story ♥️) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, nothing special, lots of roads through farmland) Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌 (3 out of…

Day 112, Karlstein – Drosendorf

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️☀️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, Laugenecken at an uninspiring spot in the shade + toastie at a castle) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, great trail through forest along the river and a few castles and villages) Campsite:…

Day 111, Waidhofen an der Thaya – Karlstein

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️☀️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, Laugenecken and apples at an uninspiring spot in the shade) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, ok trail with a lot of roadwalking through mostly fields and sleepy villages) Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out…

Zeroday 17, Waidhofen an der Thaya

We slept in and did quite some planning. Not only to Vienna, but also a rough plan for the first legs in Slovakia. Since it’s a new country with an unfamiliar language more remote trails in higher mountains, we want…

Day 110, Amaliendorf – Waidhofen an der Thaya

Weather: ☁️🌧️☁️🌧️☁️⛅ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, we found a supermarket in Amaliendorf, so we had bread with ham and a can of sardines for a picnic at the church of Buchbach) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (3 out of 5, nice trail…

Day 109 Weitra – Amaliendorf

Weather: ⛅☁️🌧️⛅🌧️☁️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out 5, picnic with good bread from Weitra, next to the surprise supermarket we found in Dietmanns, for cheese and bacon. And free bananas as dessert gift from the man in the supermarket)Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4…

Day 108, Reichenauerwald – Weitra

Weather: ⛅☁️🌧️⛅🌧️☁️Picnic: 🥪 (1 out 5, we forgot that it’s Monday, so every cafe is closed. lunch was mueslbars and some nuts today..😅) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, beautiful trail through forest, along a river and through the countryside)…

Day 107, March – Reichenauerwald

Weather: ⛅⛅☁️🌧️⛅⛅ Picnic: 🥪🥪 (2 out 5, wraps with Nutella until it started to rain…) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, beautiful trail through forest and through the countryside) Milestone: 2750 km!Home stay: 🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌 (5 out of 5, welcoming, interested…

Day 106, Haus Berger im Zissingdorf – March

Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps with Nutella and some apples. at a great spot under a cherry tree) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹 (4 out of 5, beautiful trail through forest, along a river and through the countryside. Quite some…

Day 105, Oberneukirchen – Zissingdorf Haus Berger

Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️🌤️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread from the bakery in Zwettl an der Rodl at a nice spot in the forest) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹(4 out of 5, beautiful trail through forest and countryside)Home stay: 🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌(5 out of 5, From a…

Day 104, Neufelden – Oberneukirchen

Weather: ⛅⛅🌤️🌤️🌤️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, Nice bread from the supermarket in St Peter am Wimberg) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹(4 out of 5, beautiful trail through forest and countryside. Quite some roadwalking, yet not an issue because of the great scenery) Home…

Day 103, Ameisberg – Neufelden

Weather: ⛅⛅⛅⛈️⛅+ 🥵Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, fruits along the way and a quick picnic next to the Eurospar in Altenfelden. Extra credits because the Laugenecken were the best in a long time) Track: 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹(3 out of 5, trail with…

Zeroday 16, Ameisberg

Thanks to the effort of our hosts, today is the most ‘zero-y’ day we’ve had (even more so than the one in Michelstadt). The resupply is already done, and there is nowhere to visit or go out for a coffee…

Day 102, Kropfmuhl – Ameisberg

Weather: ☀️🌤️🌤️☀️⛈️+ 🥵🥵 Picnic: 🥪🥪 (2 out 5, quick picnic in Oberkappel with plain bread from the supermarket) Brotzeit: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out of 5, after arrival at our apartment we got a welcome ‘brotzeit’ (extra meal between lunch and dinner)…

Day 101, Oberilzmühle – Kropfmuhl

Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️+ 🥵🥵🥵 Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, ham and egg sandwich at Gasthaus zum Toni) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, beautiful trail through the fields, villages and forests in the mountains) Campsite: ⛺⛺ (2 out of 5, flat…

Day 100, Saldenburg – Oberilzmühle

Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️+ 🥵 🥵 Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out 5, home made smoked trout we brought from Gasthaus Segl at the Schrottenbaummühle)Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (5 out of 5, beautiful trail along the river Ilz)Milestone: 100 days on trail!Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺⛺ (4 out of…

Day 99, Lalling – Saldenburg

Weather: ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️+ 🥵 🥵Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread from the bakery in Lalling) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, trail through fields, forest and villages. Quite some roadwalking but with beautiful views) Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat…

Day 98, Klaterbrunnen – Lalling

Weather: 🌤️🌤️☀️🌤️🌤️+ 🥵 Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out 5, unexpected lunch at the Landshutter haus ) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, nice mountain trail through forest and meadows with beautiful views) Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌🛌 (4 out of 5, nice modern room…

Day 97, 2500 km Kreuzhaus – Krakelbrunnen

Weather: 🌤️🌤️☀️🌤️🌤️+ 🥵 Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps with chicken paste and fruits from the Kreuzhaus) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (5 out of 5, really cool mountain trail through forest and meadows with beautiful views) Milestone: 2500 km and first 1000+…

Day 96, Haukenzell – Kreuzhaus

Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌤️⛅⛅+ 🥵🥵 Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, nice sandwiches in the bakery in Konzell and knödel soup in the Kreuzhaus) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, nice trail through forest, fields and towns, with beautiful mountain views) Home hospitality:…

Day 95, Wiesent – Haukenzell

Weather: 🌤️🌤️🌤️⛅⛅+ 🥵 Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Wörth an der Donau, mostly while walking) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, nice trail through forest, fields and towns, with beautiful mountain views)Campsite : ⛺⛺⛺⛺…

Day 94, Regensburg – Wiesent

Weather: ☀️🌤️🌤️⛅⛅+ 🥵 Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, bavarian sausage and cheese dishes at Hammersmühle are delicious) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, nice trail through forest, fields and towns) Milestone: 1500 miles!Campsite : ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, relaxed…

Zeroday 15, Regensburg

What a great, slightly busy, zeroday today! We slept in, had good coffees and good breakfast, relaxed in our hanging chairs and went for a Thai massage. The ladies at the massage salon didn’t only give a good massage, but…

Day 93, Kelheim – Regensburg

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️☀️ + 🥵Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, bread at a bakery in Sinzig) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, nice trail through forest, fields and towns) Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌🛌 (4 out of 5, nice appartment with great common lounge area…

Day 92 Altmannstein – Kelheim

Weather: ☀️🌤️☀️🌤️🌤️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, wraps with banana and Nutella) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, nice trail through fields and forest and along the Donau)Milestone: We reached the Donau river today!Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat spot…

Day 91, Kipfenberg- Altmannstein

Weather: ⛅🌤️🌤️🌤️⛅ Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Kipfenberg) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, flat trail through fields and a very long valley. Best enjoyed by bicycle. From Sandersdorf onward really pretty, and no…

Day 90, Eichstatt – Kipfenberg

Weather: ☁️🌧️☁️☁️☁️ (some Irish dry throughout the day)Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Eichstatt) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, great trail with beautiful views over the valley) Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺⛺ (4 out of 5, camping…

Day 89, Mörnsheim – Eichstatt

Weather: ☁️⛅⛅🌤️⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Dollnstein, where we had a 2nd breakfast) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, great forest trail with beautiful views over villages and the valley)Hotel: 🛌🛌🛌 (3 out of…

Day 88, 2250 km Windischhausen – Mörnsheim

Weather: ☁️🌤️🌤️☀️⛅ Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪🥪 (5 out 5, great burger in Pappenheim) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, great forest trail with beautiful views over villages and the 12 apostle rock formation) Milestone: 2250 km!Campsite: ⛺⛺⛺ (3 out of 5, flat…

Day 87, Wassertrüdingen – Windischhausen

Weather: ☁️🌤️🌤️☀️⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Wassertrüdingen and cherries from the tree, in a grassy meadow)Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, nice forest trail with a few fields and villages) Traction on track: 🍌…

Day 86, Dinkelsbühl – Wassertrüdingen

Weather:🌧️🌧️☁️🌧️🌧️ (drizzle all day, combined with a few moments of Irish dry)Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Dinkelsbühl, with ham from the butcher we found along the trail. Picnic spot was less impressive, at a…

Zeroday 14, Dinkelsbühl

Time to sleep in! Only a little, but it feels really good. We have a great hotel with good beds and… a good breakfast included. The only thing we don’t have is a laundrette nearby. This means that half of…

Day 85, Crailsheim – Dinkelsbühl

Weather:🌧️☁️☁️☁️🌧️Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪 (3 out 5, nice bread from the bakery in Crailsheim, on a dry spot at a barn) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, nice trail through fields and villages)Milestone: 35 km today, my leg injury seems truly healed🙏Hotel:…

Day 84, Reinsbürg – Crailsheim

Weather:🌧️☁️☁️☁️⛅Picnic: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, bread and with ham and cheese at the river Jagst, brought from the bakery where we had a good 2nd breakfast) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (3 out of 5, nice trail through forest, fields and villages, especially…

Day 83, Tauberscheckenbach – Reinsbürg

Weather:☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ Lunch: 🥪🥪🥪🥪 (4 out 5, good lunch at the Brothaus in Rothenburg ob der Tauber) Track: 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 (4 out of 5, nice trail along the river, through fields and villages. Milestone: We heard our first cowbells this hike. Home…