Awoke and had breakfast. Left Vocklabruck at 8:30. A very thick fog obscured all vision unitl it lifted at Wels. The cycling was easy, but the mist froze to the hair on my legs and my eyelashes, making it very uncomfortable. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Arrived in Linz at 11:30. Left my baggage at the Youth Hostel and went strolling around downtown. Cycled about 4 km north of town in the hills. At this time of the year the mountains are splashed with gold and green trees wiating for the snow to whiten them. Bought some food, had dinner in my room. There's another cyclings from Egypt here and a young man from Prague, Czechoslovakia.
[On August 20, 1968, Warsaw Pact forces--including troops from Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union--invaded Czechoslovakia. Approximately 500,000 troops, mostly from the Soviet Union, poured across the borders in a blitzkrieg-like advance. At this time I was in Stockholm, Sweden. As I approached Vienna, I met more students and vacationers from Czechoslovakia who had been vacationing in the West prior to the invastion. Many of them were uncertain if they should return home.]
Mileage: Voclabruck to Linz 68 km
Breakfast .15
Hostel .35
Lunch .50
Donuts .15
Supper 1.15
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