Since my vacation to Germany will be there very soon, it was time to deal with some unfinished prep work. There still was the matter of a second pair of shoes that I was going to take with me. While I do love my Scarpa's, I definitely wanted a second pair of TrailRunners or Running Shoes. I really couldn't find the running shoes that I wanted to have. And I didn't have exactly the time to go from one sports goods store to the next in Vienna to find a suitable replacement. Ordering them from Amazon wasn't an option either. Since the wouldn't have been delivered in time.
So I went to Bergfuchs, a local hiking retailer. They usually have a good selection of everything that has to do with hiking. Of course TrailRunners aren't exactly there specialty. But I found 2 pairs that I liked. In the end I went with a model of the company LOWA. This is a very well know Austrian outfitter for hiking. And I have to say that I really like them. Definitely very comfy to wear and they make a good replacement for my worn out TrainRunners.
After that it was time to take finalize the details of the rental car. I knew I would be renting from Sixt. Had nailed it down to 2 models. Either VW Golf or VW Passat. I wasn't sure at first. After spending a couple of days in Leipzig I was going to travel by car to the Baltic Sea. So I was leaning more towards the bigger car. But it really doesn't matter since the backseat in the Golf isn't rally smaller than the back seat in the bigger car. And 2 dogs should fit on the backseat of the Golf. So I finalized the details. I could have saved about 120 bucks, by playing the field. But I just didn't want to deal with the hazzle if something should happen with the car. So I opted for full coverage, but did exclude damages to tries and windows. But of course I will have to option to add that when I'll be picking up the rental car in Leipzig. Still have to think about that. the total came in at about 400 bucks. That's not really bad at all.
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