The last week we have been making our way along one of the most famous cycling routes in the world along the Donau or Danube as it’s known in English. It’s been another fun week and we have camped every night through Austria. The weather has been extremely unpredictable and we have had everything from hot sunny days to headwinds and big thunderstorms.

The route along the Danube has been very scenic with nice villages, castles and churches and Vienna was really impressive but there are parts along the route with power stations and industry too. Not sure what was wrong with the Austrians we met along the way, maybe it was the weather but we found the locals pretty grumpy to us and each other.

Luckily though we met some great characters from other countries who were cycling the Danube as part of longer trips around Europe.  This has been really nice and we could share our experiences with them and get some great tips and inspiration.

Two characters we met were Rob and Gav, 19 year old English lads from Barnsley, who had flown to Holland, bought fold up bikes from Rotterdam and then just started cycling across Europe with their back pack strapped to the bikes. With a combination of cycling and train they had made their way to Austria and plan to cycle their customised one geared bikes as far as they can get.  Check out the photo, their bikes are by far the funniest we’ve seen so far!

Yesterday we cycled the last 83 KM to Bratislava the capital of Slovakia. We were very excited to cross the border into Eastern Europe and were amazed with the sudden difference of architecture, culture and warm welcoming, and friendly people. Bratislava is by far the most interesting and fun place on the journey so far.