When we were in Europe in 2001, we started biking from the top of the mountain in Krimml, Austria. It was rainy when we arrived, and we didn't get to see the famous Krimml waterfalls, so we decided to use another day of our train pass to go see them and to ride the train along the path where we rode our bikes in 2001.
We were glad that the ticket man was in before we left St. Johann's, because he printed out our schedule and train changes, and we wouldn't have done it right on our own. In 2005, floods washed out the railroad at the Krimml end, so we had to take a bus for the last leg of our trip. We arrived easily as scheduled. It was a lovely ride and the weather was cool. We walked to the falls -- they are really worth the trip.
A path goes up and up along the side of the upper and lower falls. We walked up over half way and had several wonderful views of the falls. The walk was a bit difficult, but the area is so lovely.
The more we've walked on this trip, the stronger we've gotten. We walked back down to the bus stop so we wouldn't miss it and have to wait an extra hour to leave. We ate the food we'd brought along while we waited.
The bus took us back to Zell am Zee,
and we tried to take the train to Saalfelden to continue our 2001 bike route. However, some of the trains don't run on Saturdays, and the Saalfelden train doesn't go to Salzburg. So we gave up that plan and took the train back toward Salzburg past our hotel. As we came to St. Johann's, we decided that we'd rather just go "home" than to go back to Salzburg. We bought some munchies and had a quiet evening in our room. Verle found a place for us to stay (on the Internet) Monday and Tuesday nights in Koblenz, Germany. We want to go to a castle and take a ride on the Rhine. So the rest of our trip is "planned."
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