one night in eva hotel's t(h)ommy room

a bit later than thought we made it to cash our "1 night in the eva hotel - double room t(h)ommy" voucher we got from angie at our wedding to be used for our first aniversary. as we have been in france on that day, we postboned it a bit.
and as we know now, with a lot of advantages: the landscape looks great with the starting autumn and all the leaves getting colored yellow and red, and the weather was just gorgeous: blue sky and temperatures of 15C and more.
we were really getting hot on hiking up the alps and me getting a "nice" sunburn on the forehead and my nose ;)

and as usual i made a google map with all the important places and routes of this trip, which u can visit here.

besides of walking quite a lot (for our measurements ;)) we relaxed in the wellness area of the hotel and eva and me had a nice massage. a very nice dinner made the stay at the eva hotel quite a nice experience.

so, we both, eva and i, have to really really thank angie for this voucher!

the next day, after our second hiking experience, where we nearly passed the border between salzburg and tirol - if i would have know before we definitely would have proceeded the last mile - we visited zell am see for a small walk at the lake, watching some psychotic birds and having a nice cake and cafe.

so another great, relaxing weekend with eva reached its end.
i really have to look forward saving more time for that kind of adventures, its amazingly realxing and re-energizing to have no it equipment in reach.

ziemlich genial ;)

back from vacation

finally and unfortunately my vacation is now over and i am back in the office.... - no further comments.
but let me sum up the vacation in a few words.
after a very, very busy day in the office on 18.8. with a lot of meetings and even more tasks that have to be fulfilled before leaving, i was done at round 2230 at night with the jobs stuff and also with packing my things - quite too many as i know now. on tuesday, 19th, we started our trip a bit later than planned at 0830. arriving a bit late in st. raphael at 1930 we searched for a camping-place realizing, that most of them are just full. so we took the first free space we found for the first night.
next day we continued to the place we've been 5 years ago - YES i found it ;) - got a place and settled there.
being quite lazy we stayed exactly on that slot during the next 12 days until we started back home on 30.8.
to sum up the 12 days:

• lying in the sun on the campingplace's beach
• visiting st. tropez (by boat), marseilles, grasse, aix en provence
• driving round a lot (and a lot of traffic jams on the route nationale 98 = street directly on coastline)
• having a lot of fun with eva *gg*
• eating tons of baguettes, croissants, moule frites and not to forget all the crepes
  
• meeting a jellyfish in the sea *damn*
• went running in the morning for unbelieveable 4 times! (first time ever during a vacation ever)
• resetting the medion navi for more than 25 times (but it lead us there and back and inbetween)
• savoring 12 days of pure sun, no rain
• ...
  

i could continue for a long time now, but whoever wants to know more or see some pictures -> just ask.
eva started her new job on 1.9. and i continued my vacation at home with frequent visits of the family doctor due to some problems with my shoulder and lake plesching to gain some more sun. and, what news, i found out, that just not having to work is quite relaxing, even at home. only eva was missing to make it close to perfect.

es ist endlich soweit

ich habe soeben die letzten handgriffe angelegt und werde mich jetzt in den wooohhhhlverdienten urlaub begeben.
in gut 7h werden wir, sofern wir nicht verschlagen ;) , mit dem auto, wie es unser ursprungsplan eingentlich vorgesehen hat, richtung südfrankreich aufbrechen und lt. plan ca 10h nach abfahrt in st. raphael eintreffen. dort oder in der nähe werden wir dann unser zelt aufbauen und für ca 12 tage frankreich in vollen zügen geniessen... crepes, moule frite, fisch, meeresfrüchte,.... aja, und natürlich das meer!!

soferns mich freut, werd ich evtl anstelle der bekannten urlaubsmails ein bissl bloggen... aber eigenltich stell ich mir 12 tage ohne pc, internet und pixel grad recht schön vor....

also, man wird sehen!

on the road again

after days, weeks and months of just dreaming and hoping, finally the day came and i had time and the weather to ride my hornet again. this time i officially did not plan anything, so that the weather wouldnt change in the last seconds (like it did on tuesday) and kill my ambitions.

so i started at 845, headed for steyr where i met oliver with his duc 999. the trip wasnt exactly what i was planning in the beginning, but an overall of 470km was quite enough for a day and i got back home at round 1600. and for gods sake, my ass just hurt - i am not used to this "exercises" anymore. but i am really looking forward of doing some more trips this year.
at least for now i have more then 1000km for this season, beating the last years ;) - what an expenseful and inefficient hobby.

safe riding for all you out there!

ps: for all being interested, this was the aproximate route for the trip