Vienna...

We of course rolled into Vienna at rush hour - never fun when entering a large city.  We were driving circles around city blocks looking for the hostel - a common theme for us as most of the hostels we choose have little or no signage.  This one was no exception.  After several loops my bike overheated and we had to pull over.  Air cooled machines in traffic where you just sit at lights waiting for the line to move don't work very well.  The bikes need to be moving to force air to the oil cooler for the system to work.  So we parked the bikes and I set off on foot to find the hostel.  About a half block up and full block down I finally found it - after asking for help at a tea shop that had a similar address to the hostel.  It was if course through a locked iron gate and up three floors - so without guidance I never would have found it.  The good news after all the hassle finding it was that they had overbooked the dorm bunk that we booked and had to upgrade us to a single bunk room - score!  Nothing like an upgrade at the hostel - second one of the trip.

We only were spending one day in Vienna so we changed quickly and went to find a pub.  We already had scouted dinner near where we had parked the bikes to cool down around the other block.  The house beer at the brewpub was excellent and the sushi was pretty decent and surprisingly fairly cheap - and Vienna is not a cheap city.

We found out later that where we had parked the bikes on the street was not allowed after 8:00am so retired fairly early  in order to get an early start to Prague.  Since it is only about 300 km we will take the scenic longer  route through the Austrian countryside.

Some pics of Vienna.