Thursday May 19, 2005, 77 km (48 miles) – Total so far: 3,095 km (1,923 miles)

The mileage is a little misleading today, only 30 km of the 76 was spent getting from Tulln to Vienna. The rest was spent riding around the city looking for a nice campsite. We settled on Camping West about 8 km from the centre, having rejected the site to the south of the city for being too close to the motorway. It was a good decision, Camping West is in a really nice leafy suburb to the north of Vienna, and we are planning to stay here a while. I’ve actually camped here before, 15 years ago whilst on a month long Euro-rail holiday aged 18.

I went through my second rear tyre of the trip today, the side-wall split again. It must be all the beer and sausages! We’re booked in for 5 nights to recuperate and to let Agata’s leg heal properly. We need to clean the bikes again and do some proper sightseeing before we head for the Alps.

There are some pretty unusual buildings in Vienna

St. Stephen’s Cathedral – Stephansdom – Vienna

View of Camping West from our tent

City centre in Vienna

A knight, on top of a Viennese house