Triumphs in Neukirchen

Heading up the mountain

This will be our last day in Zell am See.  I think we've covered the area quite well, though one could clearly spend a month finding new roads to ride and trails to hike.  It's been an excellent base for this scenic part of Austria.  We started the day by walking the town, pedestrian center, and lakefront.  We watched a game similar to Bocce Balls, but using discs with a post handle instead of the balls.  The rules seemed to be similar--sliding your disc nearest the goal and knocking opponents out of the way.


Two cable cars start in town.  We had taken one earlier in the week and took the second today--still free with our tourist pass.  No rain this morning but the peaks were hidden by clouds so we were taking a chance on visibility.  Indeed the top remained cloudy throughout our hour walk--known as the Panorama walk (but not today). 

watching the rainy bike parade

Since we were still in the area, of course we had to visit the Triumph Motorcycle gathering in Neukirchen, the town where we had noticed the Triumph banners on Monday.  This is the 7th annual Triumph meeting, and the largest in Europe apparently--20,000 people expected. Most of the bikes were from Austria, Germany, and Italy, with a small contingent from GB and a couple from the Czech Republic.  It was generally a sedate crowd, though as the bands started and the beer got consumed, we assume things took a more lively turn.  But with rain starting, we had to depart at 6.  We did make one further attempt to fix our bike's "rain" problem (see our Picasa photos) and perhaps it worked, though the rain was not hard enough to really test it.