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September 01, 2005
Biking from St.Polten to Vienna with my love.
I've been thinking frantically about what i will write about ? What can I do to show the fresh side of Vienna ? How can I make it exciting ? Here is what I came up with... Today I took my bike on the railroad, simular to Long Island Road to go about an hours way to a small town outside of Vienna called St. Polten. Monika works at Festspielhaus (Festpielhaus.at), its a performing arts center. We met and rode back home from St. Polten and it was 69 Kilometers. It took us 3hrs and 6 min. Not bad. So ready for the exciting part? I took my bike on the rail way had a seat, saw maybe two people for the whole ride, saw nice empty farms along the way, then I met and biked back with Monika through empty county scenes. Farm after farm. One cool thing is that someone organized these trails with signs and all. Its very impressive when you are on a gravel road that looks like no one has been through there in ages to see a nice little sign letting you know you are headed in the right direction. During the ride we passed two runners, a biker and a man and woman checking on their crops. It was very quiet, eventhough through my pda i was listening to a mix of hip hop, blues, reggae and r&b. I've had a conversation with my friend Martin, who is from Vienna, about Vienna being boring or not exciting but I think I like that I can relax. I can take the train and get a seat, People wait for the traffic light to change before they cross, as we rode through the country side the occasional person we saw either waved or say good day with a nice smile. There was even a hot air ballon floating along and the occupants waved also. Its this kind of easy living that has me very happy right now. Its a welcome change of pace after 33 years in New York.
Posted by Victor at September 1, 2005 11:30 AM