Planning on getting back on the Trail...

Well, since me knee injury last year and than attending a very demanding course in advanced accounting, I haven't been as much on the trail as I would want to. And I'm sure Gina misses our outings on hiking and long distance hiking trails. So this weekend I really just had it and decided something had to change. Due to the fact that I usually attend a class on Saturday, hitting more demanding trails isn't quite easy. And I really wanted  didn't want aggrivate my knee too much in the beginning. So the plan was to either start with the Eisenwurzen or North-South long distance hiking trail. Geh starting point of both trails is in northern Lower Austria and this region has rather moderate ascends and decends and that would have been a great choice. Beides that this region of Lower Austria is fun to hike in Spring or Fall.
Well, but no good deed ever goes unpunished...so to speak. When I checket on how to get to the starting point and then by the end of the weekend back to Vienna, it turned out that this was going to be a futile endeavour. Using public transportation would require a travel time of about 4 hours  for a distance of about 100 miles and of course the connections for public transporations are bad on Weekends. The best way to do Eiter one of those trails using public transportation, is by doing a section hike for a week or 10 days. But since I've just changed my job recently, that wasn't really an option either.
But I really wasn't willing to give up. Since the Voralpen long distance hiking trail starts about 40 minutes from my apartment. And even the parts after leaving the Vienna's city borders are much easier to get to and within a reasonable amount of time. So I opted for that trail. And since this coming Thursday is a public holiday in Austria I plan on hiking the first section of this long distance hiking trail and it's about a distance of 15 miles with very moderate ascents and easy desents. That will be good for Gina and I. I really need to go hiking as this really gets me relaxed and I've seen that Gina is becoming a little restless herself. So that will be good for to get all that energy out of her.