Our Viennese whirl

Prepared for action as are Vienna calls. Not too far to travele this time as it is only about 75 miles to the next camp site in Klosterneuberg. The drive was beautiful - amongst many agricultural areas growing all kind of things - vines a plenty, vegetable crops and cereal crops - with poppies galore to brighten up the field even further. The views were spectacular at times.

Passing from Czech Republic to Austria was strange - there was a no mans land between the two which resembled a strange mans Las Vegas! It was called Excalibur City if you want to google it. Huge plastic tacky attractions - very strange after the beautiful countryside. Steve reckons thats where they exchanged prisoners during the cold war - itwould certainly have sent them mad.

Then back into Euro zone and the German language again. We were both comforted to see familiar signs and words again after all the z,y,lack of vowels etc in the Czech rep. Spargel is still being promoted everywhere - that is asparagus for those who missed it on a previous blog. They are now being accompanied by cherries, strawberries and apricots - all being sold in little huts by the roadside. Difficult to stop and buy one with a caravan though - we would certainly stop the traffic! We will get some though.

The campsite is as different as it can be from the last one - very near to the town centre of Klosterneuberg and only a minutes walk from the bahnhof (train station). It is a very busy bsite with everyone wanting to visit Vienna of course. Caravans are packed in tightly (see pic - that one is reality) but we aren't here for the campsite this time - it is merely a base from which to explore. At the back of our caravan is a little oasis of woodland with chalets in again - I took a photo of that too but it does not resemble reality. The people around us are very friendly though - a lot of Dutch who speak English very well. There are lots of cars flying the Austrian flag as well so we assume they are doing well in the European football.

After setting up Essie we cycled as usual to explore and buy a few provisions. Then we took the bikes out again to explore some more as the afternoon had cooled a little - the temperature has been as high as 25c today. There is a lovely riverside cycle track where we saw a red squirrel and a kingfisher.

We had a celebration drink to herald our arrival in Austria and something to eat. At the moment we are sitting in good old McDonalds - a five minute bike ride from the campsite - with wi fi over a cup of coffee and a milk shake. The camp site has internet but at a cost so this is a lot better for us.

We are now going back to the camp for a nightcap and a good nights sleep before visiting Vienna tomorrow. Pics and an account of that will come later.