Austria, Switzerland and France - Summer 2019 European Road Tour - Part 2 of 2
Back to the Mountains - Austria beckons The drive back from Prague to Bad Hofgastein is pretty straightforward. From Prague Airport there is a long stretch of Motorway that almost reaches Ceske Budovice. That's the only place where it got snarled up for a bit. South of Budovice and I started to look for a coffee stop. I eventually found a very nice one near Linz and had an excellent second breakfast. I had originally planned a stopover in Linz to do a bit of cycling along the Danube. I was going well and enjoying the drive so I headed home to Bad Hofgastein. Sportgastein in Summer The Weissbachtal With the lovely weather continuing I had big plans for cycling in the valley. The ride up to Sportgstein is a favourite route. First the climb from Bad Hofgastein to Bad Gastein. After BG there is a river valley to follow. Initially it's easy riding but it getspretty steep with loose gravel. I stopped for a dustbuster on the way of course. The Upper Astenalm is fa