This was a fun Fourth of July, even though we didn't exactly celebrate our country's Independence. Verle and I started out by walking all the way across town to the Kika shopping center to buy Austrian lace for a curtain for Dave's room upstairs. It was quite a long walk, and we began to worry about getting back in time for our biking at 10:30. We found a nice piece of lace and returned to the hotel in time to change clothes and prepare for biking.
It was a cool day, which seemed strange after the very hot day yesterday. In fact, we dressed for a hot day and were pretty chilly. The ride to the falls was fun, and the bikes worked well. There were 10 of us including Don and Mary and the three from Canada/Columbia and our guide, Lee. Another rather disgusting young couple also rode. The guy was a show-off, constantly weaving among us and hot-rodding -- a real danger to the rest of us. She loudly proclaimed her opposition to marriage -- they've been "together" for two years. It was a test of my ability to keep my mouth shut.
The falls were much more impressive than we had expected.
The gorge is quite long and lovely, and the walking path and tunnels made it easy to view and enjoy the waterfall and tumbling water. It reminded us of the place we visited in northern New York last fall x 10. We spent an hour walking along the gorge to the far end and back.
After that we rode to Bischofshafen along the bike path, which follows the Salzach River. It was an easy and lovely ride.
We ate at a restaurant there. Our food was good, but we would never go back again. The restaurant was out of the soup Don ordered and brought him noodle soup without comment. He doesn't like noodle soup and spoke to them about it. They took it away without comment. Much later they brought him the soup he had ordered. Then they short-changed him when he paid. The waitress also overcharged us. We asked to see a menu and pointed out the error to the manager, but he just walked away. We were surprised that Lee made no comment to them. If he is going to bring groups to this restaurant, he should be concerned about the service.
We left the restaurant and walked through town. The girls stopped to shop at a store called the New Yorker. We weren't interested in shopping and it looked like rain, so Don and Mary and Verle and I started back on our own. Unfortunately, Mary started to be really sore and didn't feel like she could ride any more. Don stopped to walk his bike with her. We were still far from St. Johann. Verle and I didn't want to walk our bikes all that way, so we rode on by ourselves. It was fun, but we felt guilty leaving our friends behind. It was still early, so we had a restful time in our room eating, working on the computer, and playing cards.
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