Distance: 109km
Total: 2719km
Another cloudy humid morning, had badly slept night, because of noisy kids playing till after midnight in nearby pond. First up was to find right road out of Linz, which was found pretty easily - but the road, road 126, was not a easy one. 15km of steep ascending from Linz and Danube valley, really more than I had anticipated. On top it was 777 meters above sea level and about a time for a break on small parking lot. As I was taking the break police car came and parked 15 meters in front of - uh what did I do? - two police officers get out of car and start getting something from the trunk. Apparently a speed radar to start scanning the cars coming over the hilltop, in couple minutes they catch two, then I move on.
Terrain became flatter by means of no such long steep hills, but shorter less steep ones along the hilly farmland. Near the Czech border started the downhill that lasted till Vyssi Brod. The small village of Studanky was filled with different kinds of stands, casino and stores to serve the Austrian customer base heading there for the low prices.
After Vyssi Brod there was some climbing to the biggest lake (artificial) in Czech. The dam was filled with tourist, that were mostly moving with bikes - there were generally a lot bikes all around the 42 kilometer long lake.
Nearing the goal of the day, Volary, road became extremely hilly, or seemed like it was done over every small hill, with a lot 10-15% hills. The lake area was pretty to cycle around though with views to the lake and mountains, lake shores also had numerous camping sites, sometimes only few hundred meters apart from each other.
Reached my friend in Volary, and will have some break days from cycling.
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