Danube

2000 km Photo and Vienna

6 July 2010

Coming into Vienna we clocked 2000 km. There was a welcome sign to Vienna so we thought we would take a picture to mark the two occasions. || 1000km ago we had just left the Black Forest before meeting up with the Danube in Ulm. Since then it has been our loyal travel companion as we cycled through beautiful river side towns of Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Passau, Linz and Krems. Castles, monasteries and beer gardens were never far from site along our dedicated cycle path. Our favourite part was from Passau to Vienna where the…

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Via Danubia

27 June 2010

Ingolstadt – Linz Over the last week or so we have been following the scenic Danube cycle path through Southern Germany and into Austria. This is an extremely popular cycle path running from the source of the Danube in Donaueschingen, in the Black Forest, all the way to Vienna, and then onwards to the Black Sea, although after Vienna cyclists have to share the roads with cars. Germany has been a real luxury in that respect, as the last 700km of our tour have almost all been on bike paths. || Through…

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Rising Waters

22 June 2010

Ulm – Ingolstadt There it was again, that unmistakeable sensation of floating on water. My heart sunk, I knew it was serious and we had to act swiftly; “Freddie get up, the water has come in, we need to get out of here fast”. Freddie sat bolt upright in the tent, my torch light glaring in her face revealing a look of confusion and disbelief. || * * * * * It was our eighth day in a row of rain. Riding into Donauwörth we were desperate to find camp quickly and settle…

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Strangers and friends

15 June 2010

Metz – Ulm “A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.” – Will Rogers The last week has been a very sociable one for us. Last Monday we left Metz to cycle through the countryside for a couple of days towards Strasbourg. When we pulled into a tiny village to sit down on the local park bench and have a little rest, a passing car stopped and the couple inside asked us to come and drink something at their house.|| We followed them to the house and they invited us inside. The drinks were supplemented…

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