Started the day with a wrong turn out of the parking lot, a flat for jenn because Schrader valves here unscrew all the way off the tubes and a puncture for rafi. So after slight delay, we were biking up a Danube tributary in Slovakia. Todays loop was back into austria, away from the river to schlosshof castle (another mechanical as beckys derailer sheared off) and then looping through sunflower, wheat, soy and beet (?) Fields. We thought the castle, while beautiful, might be too much work for us. Only got lost one more time and crossed back into what now definitely feels like eastern europe, and into Bratislava around 2.30. Classic european city - big churches, a castle and lots of public spaces and statues. After much debate about dropping off the bikes at the boat, we split up onto two tours of the city. One historical and the other 20th century communism. Turns out the comminists around 1970 tried to outdo the nazis here, putting a 4 lane concrete bridge right through remaining Jewish quarter, tearing down a synagogue in its way. Now theres a holocaust memorial there. Drank some 2 euro beers, and most folks ate on town. 45 km.
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