I started the day by taking the U-bahn (Underground) to the end station Kagran in northern Vienna. Immediately I found the bigger road that would take me to the Czech border. The road had quite heavy traffic, so at Gänserndorf I chose a smaller road, that also was a short cut.

Yes, I have decided that my way to Kraków will go over the Czech republic, this time through the eastern part that is called Moravia (as opposed to Bohemia in the west).

Since the price difference between Austria and Czech republic is so huge, I biked as fast as I could to cross the border at Reinthal. Outside Breclav, I sat down outside a restaurant and had the most delicious omelette with salad and the mineral water Mattoni. It didn't even cost 2 dollars - tip included.

The waitress told me she and her Czechoslovakian team had won the European championship in rowing four times back in the eightes. Or maybe seventies. Not exactly what you expect to stumble into in a Czech countryside restaurant! Then she complimented me on my Czech – she had thought I was polish since I mastered the slavic word order perfectly.

In Lednice I stopped to look at the castle there and to have something to eat. I thought of staying the night at the camping, but it was only 4 pm, so I continued.

I've now raised the tent in Jezov and had a nice evening with two Slovaks Martina and Slavomír, who are also doing a bike tour. Slavomír is a journalist and writes about their tour in English. (Even I am featured on a photo in that travelogue, I notice as I digitize this diary, along with a story about the ”guy from Sweden” who took a cold shower...)

I must say I love southeast Moravia. It's so picturesque here, the scenery consists of wineyards, cornfields and little villages.