BG Adventures, Indianola, IA (2026)

09/17/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 10 - Thursday, Sept 17 - Day 7 riding ….. the last day!!

I want to start this day with a reflection on Bratislava. Well, Bratislava and a few words about the overnight stay we had at the Arcadia Boutique Hotel. This place is simply magnificent! Everything was set for our arrival, including a Welcome Drink. They even stored our bikes in one of their offices overnight. The lobby, breakfast room and our bedrooms were fantastic! Check out the pictures. And the Bratislava old town is full of shops, restaurants and bars/clubs. An overnight stop doesn’t really do it justice. Maybe this is a place for Gretchen and I to come and visit for a few days. If any of you are interested in visiting Bratislava, stay for a few days, you won’t be disappointed!

After a nice nights sleep in a very comfortable bed, breakfast was served in a room reminiscent of a vaulted cellar. The food was excellent and the coffee great. We were all ready to go by 0830…. Hoping to beat the rain today. But that was not to be…..

Leaving the old town was easy at 0830…. Not many people about so we could get down to the bridge today without problems.

After about 5 miles, we ran into sprinkles that continued for the next 15 miles or so. But by the time we reached Hermi’s, the rain had stopped and we could enjoy lunch.

The one strange thing I had happen today was my Strava app wasn’t tracking mileage were well again. So I asked Chat GPT what the distance was. Here’s my question….

Ok…. Here’s a challenge for you Chat. How far is it from Arcadia Boutique Hotel to Hermi’s Radlertreff in Schönau, Austria? Then how far from there on to Hotel Anker in Klosterneuburg, following the Donauradweg.

His reply….

I calculated the Donauradweg journey as:

* Arcadia Boutique Hotel, Bratislava → Hermi’s Radlertreff, Schönau: approximately 42 km / 26 miles
* Hermi’s Radlertreff → Hotel Anker, Klosterneuburg: approximately 33 km / 20.5 miles
* Total: about 75 km / 46.5 miles

The likely route runs from Bratislava through Petržalka, Wolfsthal and Hainburg, crosses to the north side of the Danube, and continues through Stopfenreuth and Orth an der Donau to Hermi’s. From Hermi’s, continue through the Donau-Auen/Lobau, then along Vienna’s Donauinsel and north to Klosterneuburg.

For planning purposes, I would allow 76–78 km on the odometer for small navigational variations and the approaches to the hotels. It is overwhelmingly flat—an excellent final e-trike day. The Hermi’s-to-Anker portion alone should be roughly 1¾–2¼ hours of riding, excluding the refreshment stop. EuroVelo 6 route information⁠

I think he was spot on…. Working from road signs, I came up with the following…
24km from Arcadia hotel to the Green Bridge

24 km from Green Bridge to the East side of Wien

26 km from East side of Wien to KNB

Or 74 km so we based it on this.

We made it back to KNB at about 3 pm which was about perfect. We got our gear back in to the hotel and up in our room. This was followed by taking the bikes to the Hotel Salmeyer to later be picked up by Cristian from the bike shop in Passau.

We all got cleaned up after the bike turn in and went down for beverages at 430 and finally back to the restaurant for dinner at 6 pm. It was a very nice day and stay in KNB. And the trip to Bratislava was great too.

Tomorrow all the gang will be heading somewhere…. Either back home or to London or in to Vienna. I will be heading back to northern Bavaria to return to the bike to Gerlinde.

Next visit to Germany will be in late November and December….. for the Christmas markets.

09/16/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 9 - Wednesday , Sept 16 - Day 6 riding

194.25 miles so far….. but about a 50 miler today expected.

We met for breakfast at about 0630 then got everything ready to go for today’s ride. We tried to carry everything with us because we weren’t sure of the parking situation. I kept an extra room at Hotel Anker in KNB so we stored all the bags in my room.

Personally, I packed my absolute necessities in my bike bag…. Meds, toiletries, change of clothing etc…..somehow I managed to get everything packed and stored on the bike. And we departed about 0845 with our first waypoint being Vienna.

We rode on the Danube bike trail and found the Eurovelo 6 trail on the Danube Island and got to the north side (left side) of the river. We tried to keep up a steady pace but we did get a bit lost on the far end of the island. We had to back track and take another route to bypass an oil refinery that got us to the Levee.

Like you’d expect, the levee was long and flat making cycling easy. Probably rode 10 miles on it until we reached a trailside food stop. On this first leg, we had a mile or two of gravel and a short section of dirt getting to our stopping point. It was a place in the Schönau outskirts named Hermi’s Radlertreff (cyclist meeting place)…. A great stop for drinks and snacks.

We stayed about 30-45 min, enjoying a break and a snack. When we left, it was to go back up on the Levee…. Another long flat stretch with about a mile or so of gravel.

The one bad thing today was a bit of headwind limiting our pace….. we were averaging between 8-11 mph.

After the second stretch of gravel, we made it to a small bridge that we crossed and then turned right and rode on a short stretch of levee again. At the end it led us to an entrance of a long bridge over the Danube. That was a piece of cake crossing the bridge UNLESS you had a fear of heights. There was a guy ahead of us who literally stopped in front of us and we needed to sneak by.

Once we went over the bridge, we followed the riverside to Hainburg where we stopped a bit to hit the restroom and have a beer. From there it was back to following the trail again.

We rode till we made it to the border of Austria and Slovakia where we stopped for pictures. Then it was on towards the old town of Bratislava. We had to cross another bridge till we needed to ride SLOWLY through the old town until we reached the hotel.

At the hotel, we parked the bikes in one of the offices at the hotel. Then they took us to the bar for welcome drinks and gave us our room keys.

After cleaning up, we all met up at a couple of places… Urban Bistro for drinks then on to the Pheasant Pub with their own beer…. Zlatý Bažant, meaning Golden Pheasant. We had a great meal there… I had ribs that were delicious. At about 8 pm we returned to the hotel and our rooms.

The town and hotel are gorgeous…. And it’s one of our stops for the Christmas Markets this year. I spoke to the manager of the hotel and we got plans made for our arrival. I think people will enjoy both the town and the hotel.

So we got in a 49.09 mile ride today and tomorrow we’ll repeat it back to Klosterneuburg where we’ll end the ride.
Tomorrow it will be the same ride just in reverse.

09/15/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 8 - Tuesday, Sept 15 - Day 5 riding

So far, as of Tuesday morning, we have done 152.35 miles in 4 days. Today, we had 46 miles estimated with the weather forecasted to be sunny and temps in the 70s.

Today, after a great stay in the storybook town of Dürnstein, we got ready to move on…. Breakfast was at 0730, van loading at 0855 and anticipated departure of 0900. Our next stop was the town of Klosterneuburg (KNB).

What!?! You’ve never heard of KNB? Well here’s a little history of the town….

Klosterneuburg, just north of Vienna, grew around one of Austria’s most important monasteries.

According to legend, Margrave (Count) Leopold III founded Klosterneuburg Abbey after his wife Agnes’s bridal veil blew away and was miraculously found years later beneath an elderberry bush. Historically, Leopold established his residence here around 1114 and founded the monastery, which was entrusted to the Augustinian Canons in 1133. Leopold was later canonized and became Austria’s patron saint. For your edification, a margrave was a medieval nobleman appointed to govern and defend a border territory, called a march.

The abbey’s greatest artistic treasure is the Verdun Altar, completed in 1181—an extraordinary series of medieval enamel panels illustrating biblical history. Klosterneuburg also preserves the Austrian Archducal Hat, used symbolically in ceremonies of the Habsburg archdukes.

In the 18th century, Emperor Charles VI began transforming the monastery into an immense Austrian counterpart to Spain’s El Escorial. His death halted the ambitious project, leaving its distinctive combination of medieval monastery, Baroque palace and unfinished imperial vision.

The surrounding settlement developed into a prosperous wine-producing town. Today, Klosterneuburg remains closely connected with Vienna while retaining its own identity—defined by the abbey, vineyards and nearly nine centuries of religious and Habsburg history.

We started at 845 as we left Dürnstein. Weather was great….. 53° and sunny at the start. When we reached the outskirts of Krems, we crossed the Danube and rode along the right hand side of the Danube. The hardest part today was me riding too hard. I stopped many times to let our group reform.

After 31 miles, we made it to Tulln…. A great place for a stop and lunch. After a 45 minute stop, we headed out again. The nice thing about today was the vast majority the rides were along the riverfront on a Levee. So it was nice and flat riding.

We finally got to our overnight stop at the Hotel Anker in Klosterneuburg. Best things about this hotel is three fold…..
1. it’s only a couple of blocks away from the bike trail
2. They have a restaurant and the hotel is air conditioned
3. There’s a nice little area in the front especially for drinking!! Sadly, it’s for smoking too but they try to polite and separate from non-smokers.

Dinner was at 6 pm… I had Spaghetti Bolognese (sounded good) and French onion soup. Plus an Eiskaffe for dessert. After paying, I was ready for bed.

Tomorrow…. On to Bratislava!

09/14/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 7 - Monday, Sept 14 - Day 4 riding

After a GREAT night’s sleep, it was time to consider today’s adventure. Since yesterday was Sunday, combined with the time we arrived in Melk, there wasn’t enough time to go visit the Abbey. Since we only had about 21 miles to ride today to Dürnstein, we didn’t need to leave real early. Some of the folks decided that they wanted to go visit the Melk Abbey since we were here. So we postponed departure to no later than 1200.

I think everyone enjoyed a little later start for the day. We decided that we would plan our departure when everyone got back! The Van was loaded by about 9, the Abbey goers took off for their tour and the rest of us got things ready to go.

We ended up leaving at 10:40…. The time stamp on our picture for today. And it went pretty slick. We rode slowly down the cobblestone road in front of the hotel till we got to the promenade where we turned right to get to the Danube bridge to get us across to the left (north) side. That’s really where the ride would start.

But to get to the bridge we had to ride a couple of miles with the last 200 meters being a steep climb to the bridge access. Some made it up riding, others walked up after running out of steam. But once there we navigated a traffic circle and found the way to Dürnstein.

Like I said it was a short day…. We ended up making it to Dürnstein and the Hotel Richard Löwenherz at about 2:15, finishing with 21.01 miles.

Dürnstein is a lovely town and the Richard Löwenherz Hotel is a treasure. Sitting on a bluff overlooking the Danube, the hotel has some great views. And there is a great story about it as well……

Once upon a time, there stood a magnificent castle on the hillside behind Dürnstein. Today, the castle ruins remaining there are tied to one of medieval Europe’s most famous captures.

Richard I of England—Richard the Lionheart—was returning from the Third Crusade in late 1192. He had fought impressively in the Holy Land, but he had also made dangerous enemies among his fellow Christian rulers.

One was Duke Leopold V of Austria. During the capture of Acre in 1191, Leopold’s banner had been raised alongside those of Richard and the French king. Richard’s men reportedly pulled it down and threw it into the ditch. Details vary, but Leopold regarded the episode as a grave insult. Richard was also entangled in disputes with the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI.

On his journey home, a shipwreck and an awkward route through central Europe brought Richard into Leopold’s territory. He traveled in disguise, but was recognized and captured near Vienna shortly before Christmas 1192.

Leopold placed him in Dürnstein Castle, overlooking the Danube. Richard spent part of the winter of 1192–93 there before Leopold transferred him into Emperor Henry VI’s custody. His captivity was therefore much longer than his stay at Dürnstein.

This was a valuable royal prisoner, not someone to leave forgotten in a dungeon. His release eventually required an enormous ransom: 150,000 marks of silver, roughly twice the English Crown’s annual income. Richard’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, helped organize its collection through heavy taxation and contributions of valuables. Richard was finally released in February 1194.

Meanwhile, his brother John and King Philip II of France exploited his absence. That real political intrigue helped furnish the familiar Robin Hood setting: Richard abroad or imprisoned, while John schemes at home.

And now the story of Blondel….

According to the later legend, Richard’s faithful minstrel Blondel de Nesle wandered from castle to castle searching for his missing king.

At Dürnstein, Blondel stood beneath the walls and sang a song that only he and Richard supposedly knew. He sang the first part—and a voice from inside the castle completed it.

It was Richard.

Blondel had found his master and carried the news home, setting the rescue in motion.

Great story, eh? Well, here in Dürnstein, you really get the feeling of that story!

We got checked in (using a QR code) after they gave us the keys to the room. Once cleaned up, we gathered again in the Biergarten. We typically find that rehydration is important in athletics…. Remember what I said about alcohol free Hefeweizen beer being the best sports recovery drink? Well, I had the Hefeweizen…. The alcohol helped the pains…

Dinner was at 630 in the dining room. Lots of great food to choose from AGAIN!!! That’s the bad news…. The good news is I can only eat half of it.

Now we’re back in our rooms…. Tomorrow we start with breakfast at 0730 then bags at the van at 0850 for a departure at 0900. And we’ll be off to Klosterneuburg!

09/13/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 6- Sunday, Sept 13- Day 3 riding

Well….. It was the Best of Days, It was the Worst of Days.

We were up for breakfast at 0700. David was there running the shop and getting things ready. He had prepared a nice little spread and even made Eggs to order. By 0815 we were finished with breakfast, packing the van, getting bikes ready, paying David for the rooms and for beers last night. And it was time to head out.

David gave us directions to get back to the Danube and the power station not far away. The power station (hydroelectric) is also the location for a lock on the Danube. It was easy to cross….. but once we got across the signage left a bit to be desired…. And that led us to the worst of times.

It’s been said that to be a TRUE BG Adventure, there has to be time when you get lost for a bit. Well, we did….
One sign said turn turn right, one sign said turn left. So we turned right…. And went to a dead end. So we back tracked and went to the left…. This looked really good. Nice wide bike lane, concrete and asphalt. But the further we went, the narrower it went…. And changed from Concrete to asphalt …. To gravel… to grass and gravel and finally to grass. But we found a trail that continued on to a wider trail, Gravel then asphalt. And crazy thing is we ended up back where we were initially blocked! Crazy!

So we decided to go straight ahead off the power station road. It was a dual use road… bikes and cars. But on the other side of the bridge we turned left and it was smooth sailing.

We stayed on the south side of the Danube and rode to Hößgang where we stopped at Manuela’s Radlerstation, an Imbiss (An Imbiss is a German word that means a small, light meal or snack, or a small kiosk/stand where fast food is sold) where we had some food and drink. That was a good little stop to let us catch our breath.

From there it was on to Ybbs, Pöchlarn and on into Melk. The Abbey was right there as we entered town and as we drove in we avoided the streets with lots of people, circling the business district to arrive at the back door of the Hotel Wachauerhof at 230 pm.

Our rooms were ready so we got all checked in and cleaned up after the ride. Then we reassembled at the bar for drinks and a debriefing.

At 6 pm we went to the Rathauskeller, a restaurant affiliated with the Hotel. It was busy and noisy there but great food was had!

We were back to the hotel by 730. We made plans for tomorrow’s ride… to Dürnstein. This will be a short ride so we’ll be able to sleep in a little and so people can explore the town and abbey. We’ll head for Dürnstein by 1200. 28 miles is pretty short….. so far, we have ridden 40+40+49 miles=129 miles.

So…. Time for a good night’s sleep!!
Tomorrow Dürnstein!

09/12/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 5 - Friday, Sept 12- Day 2 riding

Last night I slept great!! Fell asleep at about 1030 and slept till 0200…. Was awake about 30 minutes then asleep again til 0530. Don’t get much better!!

Breakfast was at 0800 so we loaded the van at 0755. By 0900 we were on the road!!

So we rode from the Faustschloßl Hotel to Frühstuckpension Wahl in Naarn about 4 hours. We had lots of different terrain today…. Orchards, d**es, woods, roadside paved trails, slight amount of road riding (paved country road) and even a short stretch of gravel (to get us ready for the day we go to Bratislava).

Linz is a large city and seems to drag on forever. On the eastern side of the town, there’s a d**e system that we either ride on or along. In the area of Steyregg, we found a nice restaurant for our first break and lunch, S’Plesch. There was lots of outdoor seating and while the temperature was 48° the temp at noon was 72°! It was a beautiful day!

After lunch we had another 20 miles to go along the trail on the left hand side of the river. We did have to ride in a couple of towns mainly along the roadside. Mauthausen, the site of a WWII Concentration Camp, was one of the towns. It sits a little bit removed from the river…. We rode uphill a little ways and then through the town before returning to the river where we rode along the d**e again.

After about an hour and a half of riding, we turned and headed inland again taking a series of country roads adjacent to fields where we even saw one field being combined. We had 4.8 km yet to go….

We made it to our hotel about 3 pm. David, the owner, got us all fixed up with space in the “Garage”…. Really more of a rec room… for our bikes. Then he showed us the rooms….. very nice and spacious for the most part.

David also helped us out by assisting in ordering dinner for us from Riva, a nearby Italian restaurant. We had a nice assortment of dishes…. pizzas, lasagna and salads along with plenty of Beer. And they were delivered to us in short order and we ate out by the pool since the weather was fantastic.

While we ate, we discussed some of our past rides and looked at photos of all the folks who have ridden with us in the past. Lots of great rides…. Main, Rhine, Mosel, Danube… and maybe a few more to come.

Tomorrow, we head for a great town… Melk. It’s beautiful…an Abbey sits high on the hill overlooking the town. Simply breathtaking. So stand by for some great photos….. about 43 miles again.

09/11/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 4 - Friday, Sept 11 - Day 1 riding
Today we set off on the first day of riding but our first stop was to go back to the bike shop (Fahrradklinik Passau) and get everybody their bikes. Craig and Kyle had gotten theirs two days ago but the other 4 needed theirs…..3 e-bikes and a regular bike.

Cristian, the owner, was happy to meet us at his shop at 0815 to do the fitting of the bikes and, without problems, we were ready to head out for the trail. Over the bridge, turn right and pedal until Aschach!!

It was a great days riding…. We stopped for coffee at the Haus am Strom. And with coffee at 1030 some of us needed to have some Kuchen (cake). The Haus am Strom is an environmental station and an exhibition center directly at the Jochenstein electric power plant on the Danube River on the border between Germany and Austria.

After a break (13 miles in), we continued riding, crossing the German Austrian border until we reached an area where we had to take a ferry across the Danube. At this point we were 40 km in (26 miles) and we had 25 km (16 miles) to go to get to the town of Aschach. It was a great ride through a rather wooded area. We were able to see a lot here…. Great river views, river cruise ships, swans swimming close to shore and building in the hill side.

After about an hour, we reached Aschach and we pedaled straight through to the bridge at the far side of the downtown area. We had to take some curves to get to the bridge crossing the Danube but once there it was an easy crossing.

Since our hotel was back the way we came a short distance, we rode to the base of the hill the hotel sits on and started to climb. It was a pretty steep climb…. I made it 1/2 way up.

We got checked in and got to our rooms to clean up. Then it was to the lower level patio where we enjoyed some adult beverages while telling stories.

Dinner was at 630 pm and we all got there promptly. Like all meals here in Germany/Austria, they serve you too much!! We also had to have a dessert (ice cream) but I also had an Underberg schnaps… like Mom always said it’s a “Stomach Medicine”. Underberg is a digestif bitter produced at Rheinberg in Germany by Underberg AG. It is made from aromatic herbs from 43 countries that undergo inspections and are formulated based on a secret recipe of the Underberg family, whose members are personally responsible for the production of the drink. Underberg is one of the most widespread kräuterlikörs on the market.

After dinner we settled up (and I was asked to translate for the waitress!) and headed for our rooms. Tomorrow we have around 39 miles to ride till we reach our hotel.

Next stop…. Frühstuckpension Wahl in Ruprechtshafen…..

09/10/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 3 - Thursday Sept 10
Back to Passau
Well to start out…. How did I sleep? Pretty well actually…. I went to bed at 10 pm and had a 1 hr wake up at 2 am but then slept from 3-6 am. Not too bad!

Breakfast was at 0700 this morning. It was the typical German breakfasts… great bread, meats, cheese plus eggs and bacon, cereal, yogurt. I had coffee and yogurt to carry me along.

We loaded the van at 0900 but everyone was ready at 0845. So we loaded the van and headed out by 0900. It was about a 2 hour drive from Munich Airport to Passau. We got there at just about on time but we had 3 things to do…. Get Diesel, get a vignette (toll pass for Austria) and go to the Sixt car rental company in Passau to get Patrick added as a driver. That got us to the hotel by 1200 and we got everyone pre-checked in…. Rooms weren’t ready yet so most everyone went exploring town. Passau is a lovely town full of history… Roman era to the present. So we went exploring too up in the old town. We stopped for a while and had a beer or two before we headed back down the hill to the hotel.

We met again for dinner at 6 pm in the lobby and walked to the restaurant…. We went back to the Altes Bräuhaus for a great German meal. It was a pretty nice meal made better by sitting indoors. The temperatures were a bit nippy in the 60’s.

After dinner we headed back to the hotel to get some sleep and get ready for tomorrow. We’ll start loading the van at 0645 before breakfast at 0700. Tomorrow we’ll have no dilly-dallying… we meet at Cristian’s bike shop at 0815 to get bikes and get them fitted to the riders with an anticipated departure of 0900-0930.

Next stop…. Feldkirchen an der Donau. Hopefully we’ll dodge the rain and it won’t be as cold.

09/09/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 2 - Wednesday Sept 9
Today was the day I gathered the rest of the group in Munich. We met at the Hampton by Hilton Munich Airport South, a good gathering place. We stay overnight here mainly as a “Just in Case” when the plane travel gods don’t co-operate. Plus it gives a little time to acclimate to the new time zone.

And speaking of “just in case”, we had one member who was almost in that category. His plane was delayed, the line at immigration was huge and the taxi driver didn’t know where the Airport Hampton was… he had to pull it up on his phone and show the driver!! But now we are all in and the group has a chance to get a little shut eye before dinner.

Shut eye sounded like a good idea too me too… Jet Lag is kicking me a bit again. After the long day yesterday, a long walk all together (2.5 miles), a good meal and a muscle relaxer, I thought I’d get a good nights sleep. I went to bed at about 9 pm and when I woke up I felt like I had slept all night. But it was only 12am!!! I finally got back to sleep at about 0230 and was able to sleep till 0530. So a nap this pm was nice….

We all gathered in the lobby at 545 pm to go to dinner at the Weihenstephan Bräustüberl. When we got there, they let us sit in the Keller (celler). I was in the Keller once upon a time when I went to Munich for a Navy Medical Conference.

The food was spectacular!! We had a blend of things…. Schweinshaxe (pork knuckle), a trio of Bratwurst, Goulash and Wiener Schnitzel (breaded Viennese Veal cutlet). I didn’t hear ANY grumbling. As far as drinks go… it was definitely Bier.

We went to Weihenstephan, the world’s oldest brewery, dating from 1040 AD. But people weren’t too adventurous… they all went with a Helles vom Fass (a light colored bier from the Keg) while I had an Alkoholfrei Hefeweizen (I was the driver). (An aside about the Alkoholfrei Hefeweizen…. I’ve read some articles that this is actually the BEST sports recovery drink available!!)
We were all pretty satisfied with the meal and ready to go to the hotel for some great sleep.

Tomorrow….. Back to Passau

09/09/2026

The Great Danube Adventure - 2026
Day 1 -
It’s been a long trip on this first day…. My flight left Des Moines at 1128 am which meant at least a two hour arrival before the flight. I was up at 0500 to get ready (still a few things to pack like charging pad for my phone and watch, medicine etc). Gretchen, my driver, slept a bit longer but we were both ready to go by 0830. So I arrived to the airport at 0900. Check in was no problem, security a piece of cake and I went to the restaurant for breakfast.

The plane boarded at 1050 and I got on and settled. The flight to Atlanta was uneventful and we landed at 230. I went to the Delta SkyClub and watched Team USA trounce Czechia.

After the game, I went to our gate and at 510 we boarded. Now this is a special message for Annette, my physical therapist….. I was able to lift my bag into the overhead. The big one weighed 30 #, the small one about 15 #.

The flight to Frankfurt was also uneventful…. Nice dinner, drinks, attentive flight attendants. I got about 2 hours of sleep was all… difficult to get into a comfortable position despite Delta One seats.

Deplaning was easy but that’s where the easy part ended. It was a marathon to get to the immigration desk then a half marathon to get to the baggage claim then a 10K to get to the Sixt auto rental counter.

But Sixt Rental Car was fantastic! They didn’t need anything from me… everything was in their system. I got a chit (piece of paper) with the key lock up box code and parking place. I just had to wait for Kyle and Craig…..

Kyle was the first to arrive while Craig’s flight was about an hour late. We got the van loaded and by 1100 am we headed out for the small village of Theres.

We got to my cousin Gerlinde’s at 1230 and quickly got everything loaded from her storage room…. My trike, cycling gear we keep over here and tools. And we were ready to head out for Passau by 1 pm.

We got to Passau, the city of Three Rivers, at 430 pm. Passau sits where three rivers meet, the Inn, the Ilz and the Danube. Each of these rivers has a particular “color”….
Inn: Green water coming from the Alps.
Danube: Blue (or blue-brown) water.
Ilz: Black water coming from a swampy moorland. The three rivers meet at a single point and creates a series of distinct, visible color bands before blending as the Danube moves further down stream.

We got our gear into rooms and then got my trike stored in a meeting room similar to the room we use in Hattersheim at the Parkhotel am Posthof during Main and Rhine River rides.

Then, about 530, we walked a short distance to the Altes Bräuhaus for dinner. This restaurant was chosen because it happens to be across the street from our bike rental shop, Fahrradklinik Passau. This is a handy place for Kyle and Craig because while I run to Munich to get the rest of our group, they will go on a bike ride.

Dinner was perfect! I had Grilled Leberkäs with Ei (fried egg) and potato salad while Craig and Kyle got the Kinder Schnitzel (we prefer to call it the Senior Schnitzel). And as we walked home, we stopped at the Gelato shop on the corner for a treat to end this first day. We walked back the short distance to the hotel and got settled in our rooms for the night.

Tomorrow…. to Munich!!

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