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Post by Shiny » Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:32 pm

I want to dip my feet in that last pic.
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Post by Sailor » Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:08 pm

Day Seven
Auronzo to Hall [1679M to date]

A meandering route west and then east again took us over the border and onto Lienz.

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More back roads, past a half-buried Beetle and over the old Gerlos Pass. The garage owner just after the pass asked us if we'd been nervous. Everyone is, apparently. "Not really" we lied. The narrowness and blindness of the road, plus the lack of barriers and in some cases tarmac, allowed for no safe photo opportunities. Three Italian lads on 2 Monsters and a Gixer had been 5 minutes behind us. They loved it, and so did we. The cheerios we got when they passed us further down the road made two old uns in a Honda feel like members of the biking fraternity.

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Our stop for the night was at Hall, near Innsbruck. A lovely town with a pleasant park full of welcome shade.

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Post by Doggo » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:02 pm

Great travelogue :10:

Makes me want to get out there and travel.

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Post by Sailor » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:29 pm

Ta.




JUST DO IT!!
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Post by Sailor » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:08 am

Day Eight
Hall to Wasserburg [1798M to date]

Nice at it is, Hall was only incidental to our target, which was Absam, just next door. Absam was the home village of Jakob Stainer, a violin maker I wanted to research in the local museum. The museum now opens on Fridays and Saturdays: it was a Tuesday.

So we set off for Mittenwald, a place famous for its painted houses and stringed musical instruments. This time, the museum was open - and excellent.

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Our curiosity had stopped us just after the border into Germany. What is with Tyroleans sticking cars onto things?

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This was another museum-ish. Bikes and cars. All for sale. Closed, though.

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We'd also stopped twice at the request of police and their roadblocks. The G7 Summit was due to take place nearby. Bugger. 17,000 police officers and who knows how many media oiks meant that there was no accommodation for miles. Move along, now, there's nothing to see here.

We drove east via a private road, then north to Wasserburg-am-Inn, a walled town on high ground forming a 300 degree loop of the river.

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Post by Craig_85 » Mon Jun 22, 2015 6:45 am

Looks like a lovely trip, european travel, prelude driving and photography looks like a great idea. Keep the pictures coming.
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Post by Sailor » Mon Jun 22, 2015 7:34 pm

Day Nine
Wasserburg to Nabburg [1942M to date]

Yep. The boot lid of a 5G makes a workable picnic table:-

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Nabburg is another walled town on a hill. The walk around the wall didn't take much more than an hour.

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We knew we were in central Europe now - stork country.

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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:03 pm

Sailor wrote:We knew we were in central Europe now - stork country.
:? Be careful what you come home with then :scaredtoss:

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Post by Sailor » Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:18 am

??

There was plenty of Flora, too.
Does that count?
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Post by paul bristol uk » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:20 am

I prefer butter.
I have kleptomania,
But when it gets bad,
I take something for it.

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