Today’s 20+ miles (32.3 km) are this trip‘s high. Am still intertwining with the Austrian Camino and am three days ahead in making reservations only because some smaller towns have few choices and I’m avoiding getting caught out of luck.
It was interesting leaving Linz and finding all the big shopping centers/stores on the outskirts of the city. Being Sunday, everything is closed. However, after two hours, I was ready for a break and ran into a Turkish Restaurant (Istanbul Restaurant) filled with Turkish families. Had to order a Turkish coffee, which, after I told the owner I had been to Istanbul twice and loved it, especially Hagia Sophia, was free!
What saved me later with cold drinks were the store vending machines along the way—it’s incredible what you can buy. Other interesting encounters: leaving via Linz’s main square, a Tesla dealership, a rehydration station for a big World Run Event (synchronized the world over) that offered me Gatorade and runners appearing in yellow shirts, political signs, especially the one: “Stop the EU Craziness that shows Von der Leyden kissing Selinski,” noting that I’ve been on the Camino all along (little sign on the pole).
