Trip to Bodensee

Day one

Vienna to Bregenz, dont laugh but we took the train to Feldkich

Its interesting loading the bike, there is no headroom so you are flat over the tank, Very relaxing journey, 

And the views spectacular, one of the best train journeys I have made by train

 

so arrived in Felkirch time to off load the bike and ride to Bregenz

Hotel was in the centre and we rode straight there

 Next day a trip to Lindau, by train there

It is a beautiful old town from the middle ages 

Then back to Bregenz by ship

Now time for a spritzer before the Pfänderbahn

Next day ride to Salem

Then to Meersburg for 3 nights

One day spent on Mainau, famous for its gardens 

Then back to meersburg

 

Next day we head to Konstanz

Then it was time to head to Innsbruck 308 to Immenstadt then to Reutte, followed by a ride through the Fernpass, great ride :-),

Innsbruck

 Trip to ambras castle

Then back to good old Vienna Via the 178, which to be honest was a disappointment, heavy traffic and lots of restrictions, stopped at Bad Reichenhall the most biker unfriendly town you could possible come across, no biker signs everywhere, after a good soaking past Salzburg to Linz, recovered with a cup of coffee, gloves on exhaust pipes to dry them out, now warmer and refreshed we made our way back for a nice tot of woods old navy rum ;-)

Hibernation over

yesterday I went 50km north of Vienna, the snow has all but gone, and I opened Whisky's (wolf in sheeps clothing) little house and there she was my black beauty, Connected the battery which had not been touched since November the 1st when I parked her for the winter, put the  key in the ignition and presses the starter,  yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang, stop for a couple of seconds, press again  yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang yang, stopped again, rich smell of petrol, could the battery cope  , press again little throttle,  yang yang yang yang put yang yang put yang yang put put, stop for a couple more seconds  ok one more go and trying to remember were the battery charger is, yang yang yang yang put put cough put put brummmmm  yes its biking season again
Slid sideways down the muddy slope to the house soon regained control and on to the road still littered with gravel from the winter snow, out onto the main road which has been cleaned then onto the motorway, yessssssssssss wheeeeeeeeeeeeee hang on I have not got the new motorway sticker, off the next junction and back to Vienna on the country roads, Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I needed that