Tulln to Vienna -- Last day of the Bike Tour

It's really hard to believe that we have come to the end of the bike tour portion of our adventure!

With weather forecast -- for the first time on the trip -- calling for afternoon rain, we elected to head out early from Tulln, around 8:30. With less than 40 clicks to go, that would put us into Vienna ahead of the weather shift. We set a leisurely pace, subconsciously I'm sure, not really wanting the trip to end. We reached our destination hotel around 11:30. To our surprise, our rooms were available so we checked in quickly -- more to see what the rooms were like than anything else because our luggage had yet to arrive.

Once checked in, as if we hadn't had enough riding, we headed back out for a bit of touring and some lunch. We found a great little Italian cafe called the La Piazza and sat down for a feast of thin-crust pizza. Yummy!

We rolled around town a bit more after lunch and then most headed back to the hotel. Warren and I rode to one of the train stations to get tickets for the Vienna to Prague leg of the trip and shortly after getting there, the sky absolutely opened. It poured down a deluge of Biblical proportions for about 15 minutes. Thank goodness we were under cover. Once the rain stopped, we headed back to the hotel.

All that was left to do now was wait for the luggage to arrive. And, without fail -- well almost -- it arrived as it had every other day. The small wrinkle this day was that Dave and Wendy's luggage had been left behind at the last hotel. Through Wendy's fast thinking, we caught the driver and explained the situation. He contacted the hotel and yes, our bags were still there. An hour later, he was back with our gear and we were once again smiling. The flawless trip had remained flawless.

After a quick clean up and change of clothes, we headed down for one last feast as a group.

What a trip! 6 days, 360kms. The weather was phenomenal; the country-side, exquisite; the food, outstanding, and the company, just a blast. The group is already taking about where to next...

Here's the pics from our final day as a group

PS. For Wendy and Dave, the adventure continues: a couple more days in Vienna, a day in Prague, and two in Paris. Stay tuned if you are still interested...;-)