Thursday September 17 2015

Gmunden to Nussdorf on Attersee.

Another warm and sunny day and we left Gmunden .Found the bike trail that immediately made us climb a very steep hill. At the top of this monster we had to consult the map and ask for direction.
We found the Radweg Salzkammergut R2 and were on our way.We are now riding in the foot hills more or less. The trail meanders through fields and meadows in a sort of roller coaster fashion.We reached Seewalchen am Attersee and rode through the promenade and looked at all the beautiful old
Villas along the lake. One stood out Villa Paulik castle like were the Austrien Painter Gustav Klimt spent many summers. We looked at Castle Kammern in the beautiful park by the lake. Stopped at Cafe Klimt for some Kaiserschmarrn with zwetschgen, Marillen juice gespritzt and for Mac a Maerzen..Good thing we had some food because soon after Seewalchen the hills from hell started .
Soon we were both pushing our bikes up the steep grade. We reached the small settlement of Berg(mountain) it was called and to our horror we still had another steep hill to climb.
These two hills were the steepest of the whole trip and we were in the foothills. From there the trail was mostly downhill with a few roller coasters here and there..Nussdorf was not very far and we reached our Gasthaus Lexenhof around 4.00 p.m.It was a more upscale place, calling it self a Golf  Hotel.the room price was reasonable at 86.00 included a very good breakfast.
In the evening we had Dinner  Wiener Schnitzel with parsley potatoes and salad and beer. It was very good.. For an appetizer they served some Schinken hanging on a little cloth line along with bread and butter. little pickled onions and soft cheese with herbs After diner Mac had blaufraenkisch ( a red wine) and I had Gruener Veltliner (white Austrien wine). Mac wanted to look in the desert menu

Swans at Attersee

Attersee at Seewalchen

Schloss Kammer Attersee

komming up the hell hill

Almost to the top of the first pitch

First pitch 

Little stoneman at Berg

Salzkammergut Radweg

View of Attersee from Berg

Downhill from Berg

On the way to Nussdorf

Welcome to Lexenhof Nussdorf am Attersee

 Welcome

Appetizer at Lexenhof

Zwtschgen Knoedel

 and we had Topfen Zwetzchgen Knoedel with some Zwetzschgen Parfait. It was heavenly.
In the meantime we had an e-mail from M+W who will meet us at Mondsee 26 km up the trail.
Don't know yet were we will be tomorrow night.Weather overcast but no rain yet.