Dagmar

Far too soon, I have to say goodbye to "my" castle in Drosendorf again. At 10:00 AM, it's checkout time after a hearty breakfast, actually the right time to get back on the bike and tackle the second and final day of my Easter bike tour. I can roughly divide today's stage into 2 parts: the first half

Day 1:

Start at the train station in Tulln. From here, it takes less than 2 hours by regional train (no bike reservation necessary) up to the beautiful Waldviertel, more precisely to Gmünd, where I have planned an interesting section of the IronCurtainTrail.



After just a few minutes on the gravel bike

While there is still a no-entry sign on the ascent to the Sophienalpe, cyclists are now excluded. Hooray! Finally, cyclists are allowed to ride here legally again - it does work after all! My route continues via the legendary Dopplerhütte and over the impressive serpentines down into the Tullnerfeld

Today the spring weather is absolutely gorgeous, so I decided to take advantage of it for a spontaneous little hike! The alpine-like landscape of deer grass with its unobstructed views of mountains like Peilstein, Hocheck, and Schneeberg never fails to enchant me and puts me in a bit of a holiday mood

The first 100km ride of the year, and perfectly timed with the start of meteorological spring. Initially, the weather was even ideal – pure sunshine. Unfortunately, as the day progressed, the forecast proved accurate. Clouds rolled in, the Kamp lakes appeared dark and deserted beneath the thick clouds

A leisurely dog walk along the Hamer-Schreiber-Leiten trail and on to Neuhaus Castle was planned for today, but after only 1 km, Jessy and I came to a "No Entry" sign on the yellow-marked hiking trail between Weissenbach and Niemtal. Since the path straight ahead wasn't prohibited, I thought we could

At an altitude of 266 meters, a majestic fairytale castle, Kreuzenstein Castle, sits enthroned near the confluence of the Vienna Woods and the Danube. Especially during the Middle Ages, it was one of the most powerful strategic fortifications.



Currently, the castle—like the entire surrounding area—is

Today I was absolutely determined to find out. We've been waiting far too long here in Lower Austria in the gray fog, for weeks, then black ice and more fog, so surely one has to take advantage of this beautiful, sunny Sunday for biking? I'm spared the agony of choice today; only my mountain bike is

A New Year's hike under a clear blue sky and sunshine – you couldn't ask for a better start to the new year!



Since Jessy was really keen to go hiking today and was highly motivated, I decided to show her the Bischofsmütze (Bishop's Mitre). Not the high one near Filzmoos in Salzburg, but the smaller, yet

Today's hike starts in Einöde (a district of Pfaffstätten) at the foot of the Anninger mountain. The routes leading up to the Anninger from here have been familiar to me since early childhood, so I decide to hike first to Gumpoldskirchen and take the (somewhat steeper and, to me, unfamiliar) ascent to