We stood up at 6:30 a.m. (I saw the fabric behind the tent turning pink and red as the sun beautifully rose) and packed everything. The sweet farmer family said farewell to us and that we could camp at their farm again if we’re in the region and that one couple visits them once a year on their bike tours since four years. Our first meters we’re going up. We stopped at a public toilet, refiled our water bottels and some km after we had our breakfast with a gorgeous mountain view. After another tiny ascent we had the longest descent of the whole tour – over 10 km down! The weather was wonderful and all trees were blossoming and the many cherry trees with the view of the Alps, the wonderful breeze and the relaxed rolling down were breathtakingly beautiful. It reminded us both of one of our favorite books and movies: „Anne of Green Gables“. The orphan’s childhood and youth is spent on Prince Edward Island after her first hard years of life and the scenery and espacially the vibe of the situation was so detached from everything negative, so dreamlike.
After Bad Feilnbach we crossed the river „Inn“ and rode along the shore for a while. We reached Neubeuren and the medival castle at a small hill – which is nowadays a boarding school. For some minutes we wondered how magical it migth be to get your whole education and have your home at such a wunderful place. Until Frasdorf we had another descent however this time it was so gentle, so simple to master that I almost enjoyed a descent. We went shopping there and had our lunch at a place we were only standing and sitting two months ago – because we had spent one weekend with our church youth in Frasdorf and actually crossed the way we were walking there. This was pretty nice but today even better weather and we ate with a view of the „Kampenwand“, a mountain range. Another highligth was the belgian chocolate Mochi ice cream! Then we only had the last descent left together and enjoyed it sooo much, filmed some videos and laughed and everything was actually perfect!
We arrived at the lake „Chiemsee“, sat there, a little dissapointed that our tour together was ending. We shared another apple and looked at the lake, planned my two following days and when Anna would take the train back to Munich. I was very suprised as I looked at the weather forecast for the nigth of Friday and the morning and noon of Saterday which was with an awful bit of rain. So I decided with Anna that I would cycle as much as I possibly could to the next stop for the nigth and hopefully end my tour tomorrow (Thursday) so I wouldn’t get wet on the main track and could think about whether I’ll bike back home to Munich from there or not. I said goodbye to Anna and our ways seperated now for this vacation where she was going to Denmark to clean one big sail boat (Thor Hyerdahl) with a couple of other friends and strangers (the boat she crossed the Atlantic with last year).
I was on the road alone again, felt at first somehow solitary. However after the first few kilometeres and one wonderful road through one forest I got used to it again. The mountain views were again breathtaking and I bougth one packet full of Gummy bears and ate it fully (20 min of little stomach aching was the short term result but also a lot of new energy) because there was again a descent I had to master – but did it quite nice! I crossed some villages and shortly before my nigth camping spot I climbed again one hill up the „Adelholzner Quellen & Lager“ were one of the biggest German water companies bottle their water from the Adelholzner spring. So it was interesting seeing this huge warehouses and stacks of bottle crates while I drank so much water and lemonades from this company in my life. At the river Weiße Traun I almost thougth I made it because there was only two kilometers left until I reached the campsite. That’s easier said than done because only for my spot I cycled (almost the whole way) of 100 meters altitude – which is much for me!
However I arrived at the campsite and set up the tent, showered and cooked dinner (Pasta with pesto) ✨🍽⛺
