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Arrived in ! The final leg of the muenchen-venezia.info/ from to is flat, dry and hot. The usual route mix: leisurely alleys in the shade along the river, here and there separated communal of varying quality, shared traffic on not too highly frequented roads. The route is marked but often with small signs easy to be missed. We did not follow it strictly but cut off here and there on local bikeroutes.

Unfortunately the fun stops here. On the remaining to land signs have been put up less frequently and only on short stretches active mobility is separated from passive. The landscape itself is interesting: the scarse flat shaped by the river , via industrial zones, along lakes. But don't be mistaken: it's hilly, with only short actually flat stretches. Day ended with good, partially dinner in .

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When we had to leave the former train trail through the valley cyclists start sharing the downhill road to the bottom of the valley with cars, but no worries: The neverending stream of passive mobilists is using a new strada statale (of which we did not hear much noise), and the old 51, nicely paved, was here only for our downhill fun, occasionally shared by a local car and bikers uphill. The contrary wind helped to slow down for the u-turns.

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The 4rd leg of the muenchen-venezia.info/ starts nicely downhill on a paved separated bikeroute out of . At Località Socol the route u-turns to the left into the gravel nuisance of a hiking trail.
It becomes a bicycle route worth the name after you leave the municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo on the former train bed to St. Vito di Cadore, and further on along the valley. Comfortable cycling with great views.

On the pass at the border between and we decided to continue on the Strada Statale downhill as we wanted to reach Cortina before sunset: Apart from the constant danger of being steamrolled this road lives up to the standard other Italian long-distance routes definitely have. Finally traffic congestion into Cortina and no way for cyclists.

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While the gravel parts after and along lake Olang would be doable on a Dutch bike, the entire from to with its breathtaking views on the of the is a nuisance: gravel while the motorized traffic runs smoothly on the new-paved road within hearing range.

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After a quiet night with a beautifully starry sky we took the nicer road down from to . At least we met some e-bikers on the way before we set out on our 3rd leg of the muenchen-venezia.info/ from Kienz to d'Ampezzo. This part of the route through valley is hilly (approx. 1km difference in altitude) and passes through towns and villages. Most of the route is separated from motorized traffic but only partially paved.

For the night 600m uphill to / . Not nice even though most cars behaved properly. There's a up but it was almost empty in both directions. When you see this nice village living of car-dependent the necessary seems impossible. Depressing.

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The route is all paved and usually guarded with railings, and there are frequent signposts. However, it avoids habitated placed, so for food you have to actively leave it as you certainly do not want to pick of the apples and corn ears along the way.

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2nd leg on the muenchen-venezia.info/: Lazy start on the urban train from to , and from there: let loose and roll on on the track bed of the old train line. Easy. Cycling started around . Lots of cyclists on the way, but there is no minute without the constant noise of fossile fuelled passively moved obese cars on the .

Downhill to circumvent at night. Gosh, this was steep! All those cycling in Jenbach must be so fit!
Urban train to . almost all the way to the hostel.

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Nice route after the Austrian border, along the beautiful lake of , all paved and predominantly on separate or low-traffic ways.
So far the entire route was perfectly signposted.

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First leg on the muenchen-venezia.info/ : Lazy start with a local train to in the afternoon to circumvent heavy rain (and as vacation is limited). More pouring rain on the German side, with the bridge over the as the only shelter on the route. As usual for Bavarian bikeroutes: straight paved road for cars, much up and down and lots of gravel on the bikeroute. Breathtaking views over the Walchen and the dam.

I will spend the first September weekend (+ Monday) in Brussels to attend the #FreedomNotFear barcamp. Let me tell you why I take a day off work for #FnF2022.

It will be my second #FnF on location. At #FnF2019, I attended a session on #sustainableIT, co-hosted a workshop on #Fediverse in general and #Mastodon in particular. Learnt about #SmartCities, #SelfHosting and anti-#censorship technology. @echo_pbreyer informed us about #eprivacy regulation. The schedule is still online: calc.digitalcourage.de/fnf-bxl

I met activists, NGO people & politicians. They all listened to each other and bonded.

They all fight for a common cause called #privacy. I think of it as a new wave of the #CivilRights movement that fights for #digitization in the interest of people.

Join us in Brussels! This is an inclusive event. If you live in the EU or UK and visit the EU parliament on Monday, you get your travel cost reimbursed (up to 0,09 €/km car distance), and you get 100€ pocket money if you register today.

freedomnotfear.org/

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