Towards Kufstein

Peter and I learned a few things yesterday, in the heat. Number one - we need to start biking earlier in the day. In the afternoon it just gets too hot. Number two - we need to go for less distance. Our pace is far, far lower than the average biking pace - at least what our mapping app shows - and we probably shouldn't aim for more than 30 kilometers a day, at least on the hot days we've been having. 
One more thing I learned - I should bring a few more Ambien sleep pills with! I've been taking a half Ambien pill to help me deal with jet lag, but I continue to wake up for hours in the middle of the night, and I could use a few more of them.
So after the standard breakfast buffet at the hotel we were at last night, we were on the trail by about 8.30. The actual bike path itself is fine - always either a separate path or very little traffic -  but going off the bike path to get to the hotels can be stressful because of the traffic.

The main event of the bike ride today was that the Inn bike path was blocked by a landslide! We went over a bridge, just where my mapping app told me to go to follow the path, and it became a very narrow and wooded dirt trail. And then - boom - a landslide. Peter had told me earlier that the sign for the bike trail was pointing in the other direction, but I didn't see it, and so went by my map - which was probably correct years ago, before the landslide.

The landslide that blocked our way

Once we got to the hotel, around 11.30, we had to go out again immediately to get some food. We stopped at a tiny Spar grocery store down the street, and bought some bread, spreadable cheese, salami, nectarines, yogurt, and a few snacks to eat while biking. I think that's part of what made us so tired towards the end of the bike ride this morning - no snacks.

Later in the afternoon we biked to the old town, just a few minutes away. And - bonus - they were having a festival! There were lots of traditional dances and singing, really enjoyable to watch. I wanted to talk to people but though I spoke German really well as a child, but now my spoken German is very clumsy, so I felt a awkward about trying to engage people in conversation. There was a kid's area with, among other things, a climbing wall and trampoline jump that would have required pages of liability waivers in the US, that kids could just walk up and try out here.

Walking around the festival, I felt pretty dowdy. The clothes I'm wearing are designed for one thing - to be useful on a bike ride. They're quick drying, and give a lot of sun coverage. They are definitely not at all dressy. Many women were dressed up to the nines, though. Some in beautiful "Tracht", which is the traditional women's outfit. And some women, even on bikes, wore dresses and makeup! 

Here's a few more picture from throughout the day.

Peter looking at an additional metal barrier on the river, to prevent flooding

The river Inn, turbulent and rough.

A water break. There were so many fountains we didn't carry much water

The best of the musical groups we saw

Peter had fun building up the pressure in this fountain, and then spraying it out

My dinner - a leberkaese semmel (like a block of sausage in a roll)

Peter on the bounce trampoline