Monday, February 5, 2018

11. 13/07/2017: My third rabies shot and the road to Bratislava, Slovakia


79 km, 4h10, 214m


I had a very important task in Vienna today. I needed to get my third and final rabies shot. I had gotten 2 of them in Prague and I needed the third one before I would enter Romania and Central Asia, where wild dogs pose a real danger. So we cycled to the vaccination center in Vienna that was fairly close to our hotel.


Roger was kind enough to wait outside while I was queuing inside. Felt a little guilty about that, but he had stuff to do for his company.


It went smooth, the shot cost 60 euro and the doctor told me to not do any heavy physical activities today. So we decided to only do the very flat section to Bratislava


We navigated through the city center of Vienna searching for the connection to the Donauradweg


It wasn't hard to find the Donau


And off we went. Today we would leave Austria and enter Slovakia


The weather was amazing, as good as summer gets in Europe



One of the many Donau crossings


Mid July in Austria



Two brave cyclists that are in the middle of a lengthy task


Glad to see Roger was enjoying himself


Eurovelo 6 route


Donau blue


Some people were just laying there butt naked... even women wtf...


The road wasn't difficult, just flat and straight. Roger and I had a lot of conversation topics. In that sense it was a relaxing ride



The last stretches within Austria



Bratislava in 42 km




Beautiful scenery, I loved it


We entered the town of Schonau looking for a shop. We needed foods and drinks


And after that visit to the warehouse, we hit the Donay path again. Some sections were not paved


The next bridge



This was a very long bridge




Cycling tourism is big here, a lot of infrastructure


17 km to Bratislava...





Summer fields


The roads were turning into Slovakian quality



cute


Approaching the border


Welcome to Slovakia, country 6 of the trip


Roger in Slovakia



The Slovak republic joined the European Union in 2004


We cycled along the Incheba exposition hall. I have come here a few times with my mom for a dog show, driving from Belgian to Slovakia in one day. Standing here now on a bike was a very special feeling.


Another Donau crossing



In the city center of Bratislava we were looking for our hostel. I recognized it all from a cycling trip I did in September 2016. I cycled from Prague to Bratislava in 2 days, covering 430 km. I went back with the 18.00h train. That was a very mythical ride. Now, different times. I cycled here on my travel bike from Belgium together with Roger Liu and I would stay the night in Bratislava. Narmin came over from Prague as well.


Roger in Bratislava.

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