What I Did This Summer – Part 1
I can believe it’s the middle of October already! After Kirchtag we had a realization that summer was going to be over soon. We quickly made plans to fill up just about every weekend for the last 2 months with things that we thought we would have done earlier. Of course that also means that I haven’t had much time to blog about any of it, so I’ll try to catch up with the highlights over the next few posts.
One of our favorite things from last summer was an overnight bike trip on the Danube cycling trail (Donauradweg). The trail follows the entire length of the river from it’s start in Germany all the way to Black Sea, but some of the most popular stretches are right here in Austria. We decided to try a new section of this year.
The area from Passau, Germany to Linz, Austria is especially nice, well equipped with cafes and guesthouses just for cyclists. We rode it over 2 days staying overnight in Schloegen, a place where the river makes two 180 degree turns to form a giant S curve.
The trail switches occasionally from one side of the river to the other (and sometimes there is a trail on both sides). There are very few bridges, but there are ferries along the way. Some take both cars and bikes, but others are small and only for bikes. It’s a fun way to see the river and the countryside, as well as cross the border from Germany to Austria (there are no customs anymore, by the way).
Here’s a view of me and Danube. More soon about the rest of our late summer adventures.
halftime
October 21st, 2012 at 7:00 am
Did you hear the Lorelei singing her seductive song?