Bob | Starting to see windmills. | Looking back to Vienna. | Sculling on the river. |
Mix of 1, 2, | and 4-person boats | Mid-morning stop for tea and munchies. | Much drinking of hot tea the last week since Bob and I both caught a cold :-( | Fun cafe along the bike path. |
???? | Away from the river a few km into the countryside. | We could smell the onions from the bike path. |
Fun to watch the tractors getting everything into the containers. | Kayakers! We were waiting for a ferry. |
Barbara, Bill, Karen, Bob | Ferry pulls up. | Robert | Bob and Sue |
Ferry boat driver, smoking away. | Red bouy on the river marking a line of rocks and hazards to boats. | Nearly on the other side of the river now about to dock. | Hops on this tree (as in making beer). |
One of the few paths we bikes that was sand / gravel, not paved. | This was an OMG uphill climb. | Sue | Bill, Karen, Barbara |
Bill | Karen | Barbara | Next, countryside with tons of windmills. |
Sunflowers left to die in the field and not harvested. | Not good enough to be worth the cost of harvesting? | Interesting ruins. | Rendering of what it originally was. |
Bob | Huge place! |
Model of what the original would have looked like. |
Veggie soup was awesome - large portion and chock full of yummy veggies. | Big hole in the ground underneath an interesting looking building. | zoomed in. | Bob | Sign on railroad. Not sure what it means. |
Bike path along the railroad tracks coming into Bratislava. | Bratislava on the horizon. |
Remnants of a super-charger off a B-17? | Back side of the bunker. | Gun turrets point out to the left and to the right. | Top of this has been freshly water sealed. |
Overlap of the bunkers, trying desperately to keep the Nazi's from overrunning Slovakia. |
"Perisope" for looking out each end of the bunker. | Generator for power. Notice ladder going downstairs. | Looking up where the periscope looks out. |
Up in the periscope area, where the spotter would sit. | Layout of the bunker. | Bottom floor was for sleeping. | Straight down to the bottom floor. |
Cots and bunks downstairs. |
Air purification canisters against gas attack. | Our guide comes back up to the main floor with Bob. | Awesome tour! | Back on the bike path, only another km to Bratislava. Famous "UFO" bridge is in sight. |
Base jumpers up there about to leap. | Crossing the UFO bridge. |
Almost at our hotel, looking back at the bridge. | View from our "boat hotel" room, looking right at the bridge. Sun-warmed room (ok hot is more accurate) but the breeze off the river was perfect. |
Small but perfectly adequate room and shower. | Hydrofoil goes by, slowing down already. | Our boat hotel is pretty much permanently attached to the bank. | View of our boat hotel from across the river. |
UFO parking! The locals both loved and hated this thing. | Lit up at night, from our hotel window. |
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