{"id":3318,"date":"2018-06-03T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T20:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2020-04-15T20:39:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:39:09","slug":"brieftraeger-bernhard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2018\/06\/03\/brieftraeger-bernhard\/","title":{"rendered":"Postman Bernie"},"content":{"rendered":"

As already mentioned, I brought three postcards from Post Office Bay<\/a> home to Austria. I combined the delivery of the two of these cards (going to the Wiener Neustadt<\/span> area) with a bike tour.<\/p>\n

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\n \"[Foto]\"<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Old factory near Guntramsdorf\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

Yesterday, I took the subway to the south of Vienna, and cycled on the Thermenradweg<\/span> to Wiener Neustadt<\/span>. This bike route is part of the EuroVelo<\/a> network. So, fortunately it is signposted rather well. Only in Guntramsdorf<\/span> I seem to have overlooked a sign, and had to cross the town on the main road. Otherwise, however, this cycle path largely passes through meadows and fields – apart from a bridge across the motorway, traversing the industrial zone "N\u00d6-S\u00fcd<\/span>" and a short section along a four-lane highway to bypass a military area.<\/p>\n

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\n \"[Foto]\"<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Wiener Neustadt channel\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

Most of the route follows the Wiener Neustadt<\/span> channel, which is lined with shrubs, trees, meadows and fields. Only at the beginning (near Guntramsdorf<\/span>), some (old and new) industrial buildings line the right bank of the channel. Otherwise, the cycle path is really quite idyllic  – and, fortunately, mostly flat as well.<\/p>\n

In the end, I arrived in Wiener Neustadt<\/span> even earlier than expected. The delivery of the card there, however, was quite unspectacular: Two children were playing in front of the house, and I gave the card to them (after a brief inquiry whether I have indeed found the right house). They thanked me politely, but that was our entire conversation.<\/p>\n

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\n \"[Foto]\"<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n View of the Alps near Wiener Neustadt\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

To deliver the second card, I continued on to a neighboring village. The small dirt road I took to get there was almost as picturesque as the Thermenradweg<\/span>. Unfortunately, however, I did not encounter the card’s recipient, so I had to leave the postcard (with a small note) in the mailbox.<\/p>\n

After cycling back to Wiener Neustadt<\/span> I had enough, and returned to Vienna by train.<\/p>\n

But as all good things (including postcards from Galapagos, it seems) come in threes, I still had one more postcard to deliver. I decided to do that today. As it was going to an address in Vienna, the bike route was less exciting – and the delivery, as it should turn out, even less so: Unfortunately, the destination turned out to be a so-called "PopUp dorm", i.e.<\/abbr> a temporary student housing – without any doorbell. There was just a small box for entering a code at the door. Even though there was also a button with a bell on it, it had nothing that looked like a speaker or a microphone. Accordingly, my attempt to ring failed. I waited a few more minutes, but unfortunately nobody entered or left the building. I did discover an open (emergency) exit on the side of the building, but I decided not to enter through there – with a police station directly across the street, and a lady next door who has already been looking at me a bit skeptically (as it seemed to me), any other course of action would probably have been unwise.<\/p>\n

All in all, I have basically covered all possible delivery options with my three cards:<\/p>\n

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  1. handing it personally to the recipient,<\/li>\n
  2. personally deposited in the mailbox, and<\/li>\n
  3. by ordinary mail (as I do not seem to have any other option for the third card).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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