day 9

today was a great day! we left the big city of vienna and headed back to the smaller cities which we all seem to like better. today was the first day of the bike tour. we had to have our bags downstairs by 9 am, then we had to go pick up our bikes. everything went smoothly, we each had a name tag on our bike. each bike include a saddle that held your belongings but no drink holders. my bike was to big for me but abby just switched me bikes so it worked out. 

after kristen did a little stretching and we all went to the water closet we headed out on the bikes. we rode along the danube for the first little bit. it wasn't a half hour into it and we were already stopping to get a coke and snack. her is a picture of dad and his fancy fanny pack and a coke light.

riding along the danube was great. there was a rowing race going on with a small crown watching that. but that wasn't close to the best thing we saw. kristen was leading the pack when next thing you know a naked guy is riding his roller blades. abby and i ducked and didn't see a thing while everyone else looked in  shock. it was hilarious. by the end of the day we saw four naked guys.

after riding for a while a nice man told us that the path was going to end soon and we should turn around. sure enough we rode 5 k out of the way. so we found ourselves turning around and going back the same way we came. our first stop was suppose to be a castle but the castle was turned into something else and we weren't interested in it. we saw a church next door so we thought we would stop by and look inside. three women were sitting outside and they informed that their would be a wedding today. next thing you know dad was dancing with them...not okay. they church was really pretty inside.

then we found a cute little place for lunch and once again we had schnitzel. we were sitting under grape vines when all of a sudden it started to down our. perfect timing. so we went inside and ate lunch while we waited out the rain and dad took a nap. 

I was thinking we were getting close to our destination but i was wring. we still had more that 20 k left to go. it got really long and really boring there for a second because we kept driving through the same sights. but no matter how boring it can get, it is so cool to be biking through europe.

now we were on our home stretch into hainburg. we had to cross a bridge over the danube to get to the city. the pas was very small with a railing on both sides. this path was not good for the freelands. i'm not sure exactly what happened cause i didn't see but dad fell off his bike and kristen can't even tell the story without dying laughing. shortly after that i was trying to take a picture and i lost balance. i know i was going to fall so i just bailed out but i will defiantly have some bruises.

hainburg is a cute little city. we got there check in and then headed out for dinner. we ran into another festival, this was a greek festival. we ask a worker if we could eat there too and he said yes so we ate dinner in the sixty center with all the locals. we stuck out like a sore thumb, we could just tell, they kept looking at us funny.

after that we decided to explore the town. hainburg is blocked off with a big wall and you can only get into the city but going throw the select gates. it was so cool.

sure enough we find ourselves hiking three miles uphill to see the castle on top. on our way up we ra into a very old old cemetery. the cemeteries here are so much cooler than our at home. then we made our way up to the castle and it was worth it. it was so pretty up there i was amazed and the castle was so cool as well. hainburg has been on of my gavotte stops along the way.

we get back on the bikes tomorrow morning around 9:30 am. stay tuned.