Mittwoch, 19. August 2009

From Viktring to Faak am See (Aug. 19)

Today's hard facts:
Distance: 44.1 km
Avg speed: 15.2 km/h
Altitude: 555 m (Faaker See)
Route: Viktring - Reifnitz - Velden - Rosegg - St. Martin - Bogenfeld - Egg am See - Faak am See

We had a great breakfast at Gästehaus Pack. This summer we have much more wasps than usual, so we could not enjoy it outside unfortunately.

Today, again, was a short trip. We enjoyed the scenery along the south bank of the Wörthersee, and decided that Reifnitz and Schiefling would both be candidates for a longer visit. We had the first break at the Weißes Rössl in Schiefling, a very nice place with pier and sailboats. Next break was in Velden where we had Villacher beer. Without looking at the map, we followed the signs to the Faaker See lake, which turned out to be a mistake The first time I looked at the map was 500 m after a left turn would have saved us two ascents and 1 km. We did not go back, and maybe the exhausting 2nd ascent was the reason why Andrea rather wanted to stay at the Faaker See instead of going to Tarvisio. To be honest, the real reason was that the Faaker See was the last lake on our way to the sea, and Andrea just wanted to enjoy that.

So we spent the afternoon on the beach (the same beach where I was 20 years ago on school sports week). Anyway, the afternoon was relaxing and Andrea found us a perfect place to stay: the Piber farm, for 17.50 Euro per person with breakfast. And it is the best place on our trip so far.

One more thing worth mentioning: the dinner at the Kärntnerhof, which was most enjoyable except for the fact that Andrea did not get a kid's ice cream cup. Reason: only kids are entitled to get that. Strange.

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