getting up early by inner alarm like usual during tha last weeks I found a lot to do and by mistake got some extra work, too (eg. accitentally throwing down cleaning liquid)
But as planned at 8:30 I close the door with the feeling it is for a year
Marvin was awaiting me 🙂
He helped me with my stuff and the bike. both my sons were so caring and supportive all the time…
Doron and Marie Christine arrived with their bikes and then after saying good bye to Marvin for a year we started going!
But soon I noticed that the screen of the GPS was empty, the maps apperently had been deleted during update. I didnt have to make a decision, Doron said, let’s go back and fix it. Well, four hours later it was done and nearly everything worked well (only the SD card with the maps for Asia was not recognized, but there are some weeks left until then)
So we startd again and they went with me for a while. Then again saying good bye for a year. Doron even hugged me (he is a handshaker, normally)
We escorted Martin a few kilometers on his tour start
We left Martin alone in the famous town of Wampersdorf (has anybody ever heard of Wampersdorf?)
I went on, but it was not only leaving, it was arriving as my first stop was in Kaisersdorf where my very good friend since 17 years, Manu, On the way, sometimes my phone beeped, delivering best wishes from friends and relatives, making me feel a bit sentimental, as I did not expect so much attention. I came into a thunderstorm. I felt additionally happy to stay with Manu and not setting a tent in wet grass. She had prepared everything nicely and we talked for a while but I ten had to give up, being really tired.
There was a mosquito in the room and normally this is enough to make me totally awake again but not this time. But i woke up a few times with the heaviest cramps in my legs, partly of a never before experienced kind where I didnt know what I could do. On the ride I also had cramps two times and also the helmet hurting at one specific point of my had made me worry a bit. I even was biking without helmet for a while and for every stop putting it down was the first thing I did.
Today (I woke up at five and started with charging gear and writing) it will be the last farewell in Austria and the trip will get its real quality of the unknown