18 December 2018 Donaudorf (Ybbs) – Melk A bit unusual day. When I was pakcing my sleeping bag a men of ‘Strom’ asked me if I was sleeping. I answered that I was packing my sleeping bag then he left. Then I was ready to go to my next destination. As I was walking towards the hydroelectric dam near Ybbs, I passed by a dock where there was all kinds of stuff for maintaining for the dam. The water…
In Continuation to Things I noticed in Germany. Here the things I noticed in Österreich. A free glas of water with almost all drinks. Car traffic lights, the green light blink first before it turns to yellow Austrian people smoke even more than Germans, and one of my hosts even cold Austria The ashtray of Europe. In a lot of cafés en restaurants smoking is allowed, really disgusting by the way. Non smokers are often put away in some kind…
5 December 2018 Perg – Arbing Somehow during the night the bottom part of my sleepingbag had become wet and therefore cold, I also had cold feed. It had been snowing during the night so my tent was white. My host of tonight had sent me a message the day before but I missed it and it said that I could sleep in Perg with friends of them. They also offered to pick me up and I accepted. Their…
17 December 2018 Neustadtl an der Donau – Donaudorf (Ybbs) Edeltraud gave me a nice breakfast and something for lunch and then I headed out. It was not so cold when I left. My way to Neustadtl was almost constantly up hill that was heavy. At a farm in the garden was a cat and it kept looking at me Then I ate the chocolate cookies that the woman of the concentration camp had given me. They where with chocolate…
14 December 2018 This post is part of day 79 of my journey. This is the story of how I entered a concentration camp. I was following the Jerusalem way, just like I did the last few days. Then I arrived here at a big open area totally flat. Later I found out it had been a quarry. Then there was this sign, which was written in Dutch. I found it a bit awkward, but did not…
14 December 2018 SANKT GEORGEN AN DER GUSEN – Perg Helmut joined me the first km and then we said goodbye Then I passed this apparently small stream, but when I took a good look I learned it was gonna be a rough river en cause a lot of trouble. Need a book? It the telephone. The view on the way. I sad hi to this cows, they were very interested in me. The Jeruzalem way took me further to…
6 December 2018 Arbing – Neustadtl an der Donau After I woke up this morning I sat behind a laptop that I could use from Alex to upload the pictures of camp Mauthausen. I had made so many that it would be a pain in the ass to upload them all from my phone. I still have to write the post itself. Then I packed my bag and the brother of Alex was kind enough to drop me off a…
13 December 2018 Linz – Sankt Georgen an der Gusen The route was almost the hol day along the Donau. There were a nasty cold breeze coming from the east over the Donau. With a fish on it. And some interesting signs with information. The Donau has not so much water in It right now as 5ou can see here. As I moved away from the river 1-2 km there was tin Chappell with marks of high water Then there…
10 december 2018 I walked to the Pöstlingbergkirche on the hill at the other side of the Donau. On the way to the top I had the first hail of my journey. This is the view over the city from the Pöstlingberg. Back to the city I took the Bergbahn, a small tram on narrow-gauge railway. In the evening Christiane had a choir over at her house, they came to practice Christmas songs. I joined for one or two songs,…
9 December 2018 Wels – Linz Because I took a day off and I wanted to keep up at my travel schedule, I took the green, blue, white train that you saw in Day 68 and it brought me in 12 minutes to Linz. In Linz I walked over the Christmas market but it was quite windy so I didn’t stop. As I was walking towards my host (Christiane) I noticed that there was a abundance of churches., like really…