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Thursday Aug 17, 2017 #
3 PM
Cycle Touring 3:10:19 [3] 51.71 km (16.3 kph) +159m
shoes: Orbit Touring Bike
Day 11 Simbach am Inn to Muhldorf
Totals 588.75km 2387.5m
Headed out of town and after a 5km of back roads hit the river bank gravel for another 8km until the confluence of the Inn and the Salzach rivers. The Salzach heads to Salzburg but despite the Sounds of Music in our ears we will leave that for another year.
Followed back roads to Marktl which has a claim to fame as the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI, had a nice coffee in the square next to his family home.
From Marktl the path followed the river with sections of gravel and bitumen with a few short sharp climbs around the power station weirs. Stopped for lunch just south of Perach on a lake with lots of people out swimming, sun baking and enjoying the beer garden on the banks of the lake. We cruised through the rest of the ride to arrive in Muhldorf around 3:00pm, worked our way through the city to the square and and our hotel. Found a note on the front door that seemed to say call this number for check in but in fact said sorry new owners and we are closed!
Off to the Tourist office and found an alternative, and then to contact Booking.com and ask WTF why were we not informed, helpful help desk after waiting the usual amount of time on a call center said yes we have it listed as closed and you should have been notified. All is well and they gave us a Euro 2 payback for the more expensive hotel if we submit a claim with will offset the $2.40 phone call!
Totals 588.75km 2387.5m
Headed out of town and after a 5km of back roads hit the river bank gravel for another 8km until the confluence of the Inn and the Salzach rivers. The Salzach heads to Salzburg but despite the Sounds of Music in our ears we will leave that for another year.
Followed back roads to Marktl which has a claim to fame as the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI, had a nice coffee in the square next to his family home.
From Marktl the path followed the river with sections of gravel and bitumen with a few short sharp climbs around the power station weirs. Stopped for lunch just south of Perach on a lake with lots of people out swimming, sun baking and enjoying the beer garden on the banks of the lake. We cruised through the rest of the ride to arrive in Muhldorf around 3:00pm, worked our way through the city to the square and and our hotel. Found a note on the front door that seemed to say call this number for check in but in fact said sorry new owners and we are closed!
Off to the Tourist office and found an alternative, and then to contact Booking.com and ask WTF why were we not informed, helpful help desk after waiting the usual amount of time on a call center said yes we have it listed as closed and you should have been notified. All is well and they gave us a Euro 2 payback for the more expensive hotel if we submit a claim with will offset the $2.40 phone call!