Biking Through Austria: No internet in Niedergottsau

We arrived in a tiny little hotel in Niedergottsau today (couldn't find a place in Marktl, where I actually wanted to spend the night. I need to be prepared for this next time - there was nobody at the reception till 5. And we were there at 1, tired from our ride. But then - a boy who looked like he was 9 or so came home from school, must have been the son of the owners, and I asked if we could check in, and he actually checked us in! He checked my name in the computer system, got us the key, etc. Whew!

The room is fine, but the internet is up and down like a yo-yo. I called my mom on Skype, and had to reconnect 4 times before I gave up.

Anyway the ride here was fine - the weather is probably at least 10 degrees cooler than it was when we first arrived in Austria. We had the usual dead-ends and detours (I think almost every dam on the Inn is having construction work done on it right now).

I've gotten pretty good at using the mapping app OMSAnd for navigation. It has a LOT of quirks, but I feel like I know work-arounds for them all now. I have a little phone holder on my handlebar, and navigate via that. The only problem is that keeping it turned on the whole entire ride will usually empty the battery. So, I need to balance navigation vs. battery life.

For dinner we went to a local Gasthaus (restaurant), and had a plate of mixed local specialties - dumplings, braten, sauerkraut, etc. Peter and I always share a plate, and even then there's usually a lot left over. I think serving sizes here are getting up to American serving sizes. They were also making up their specialty of roast fish on a stick - "Stecklfisch".

It was quite popular. There were a lot of locals there, many of them on bikes, especially e-bikes. A few larger groups, too, it seemed like most people knew each other.

Here's a few more photos from the days biking.