Von der Flut in die Glut / Floods to Fires

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 We are finally on the road - 3 days, 300 kilometers and 4,200 meters altitude. So far, our route has led us through three Austrian provinces, Lower Austria, Styria, and Carinthia to Kranj, the capital of the Slovenian Alps. The bottle of water from the flood regions has survived the journey, although we had to cycle back to pick it up, switch it from my bicycle to Silke‘s, and pack it tightly so that it doesn‘t fall off the back rack. In Trattenbach, Lower Austria, we had the opportunity to stay at the farmhouse of a vegan activist and in Graz, Styria we stayed with a rainbow family that is car-free and ecologically aware. Both encounters led to long talks and hope for the future. Our bottle of water is just a symbolic drop to alleviate the helplessness - and conversations, and cycling, and not giving up.