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Wednesday,
3rd August : Wetteren-Passau |
4.15
am |
5
am |
5.06
am : ready to go! |
First
stop |
Coffee
break |
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Rastplatz
Weisenkirchen Germany |
Lunchtime |
Passau
Germany |
Hotel
Am Jesuitenschlossl |
Exploring
the environment |
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Linda
an der Donau |
A
bit cloudy |
We
have to leave the car here |
Well,
it's very close to the hotel |
Ready
to go to sleep |
Thursday,
4th August : Passau-Schlögen |
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8.45 |
Our
adventure starts here! |
The
Inn |
Lindau?? |
No!
Linda!! |
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Lorelei |
Lorelei
with Marianne |
Lorelei
with Linda |
Obernzell |
Town
hall |
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The
sun's trying... |
Danube
with helmet |
Powerful
river! |
Very
impressive! |
Now,
what have we here? |
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We
enter Austria! |
The
Ferry |
Cruising |
On
the ferry |
Crossing
the Danube |
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Schlögen |
Great
view |
Balcony
with flowers |
Apfelstrudel
mit Schlagobers |
Palatschinken
mit Marillenmarmelade |
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Das
schmeckt! |
Bikes
for hire |
Faeces
remover??? |
For
mobile homes!!! |
Donauschlinge |
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Famous
Danube Curve |
Changing
its course southeast |
Close-up
of the ferry |
A
lot wider than our Schelde |
Two
hungry Belgians |
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I'm
reading and sis is writing |
Pretty
colours |
Night
sky |
Friday,
5th August : Schlögen-Linz |
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Weather's
looking good |
Fantastic! |
Everyone's
still asleep |
Peaceful,
isn't it? |
Rode
31.4 miles yesterday |
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Brekkie!! |
8.21
: ready to leave |
Gorgeous
weather |
An
otter? |
Or
is it a beaver? |
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Schloß
Neuhaus with Räuberturm.. |
...from
where the Danube could be "closed" with a chain |
Old
and new signposting |
Only
1km to Aschach |
Danube
Promenade |
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The
local swing |
Swan
lake! |
Aschach
in the sun |
Don't
you spot any blue? |
Looking
back |
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Brandstatt |
"Mud
Lise" along the Fishlehrpath |
The
monastery garden of Wilhering |
Pretty
flowers |
Close-up |
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Wilhering... |
...Monastery |
Morning
Glory!! |
Car
ferry... |
...in
Ottensheim |
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The
3 Graces (or is that 4?) |
Almost
there |
Ottensheim |
Ready
to party |
Road
to Linz |
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Nibelingenbrücke
in Linz |
Just
what I needed! |
Flohmarkt |
Plague
Pillar |
Hauptplatz
Linz |
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Hauptplatz
Linz |
Linz |
43
miles today |
Self-portrait.. |
..in
mirror |
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We
have a bath!!! |
Dinner |
in |
restaurant |
Mondigo |
Saturday,
6th August : Linz-Persenbeug |
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St
Florian.. |
..at
last! |
St
Florian Stift |
Cemetry |
Inner
court |
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Paper
flowers |
Enns,
eldest town of Austria |
Closer |
Stadtturm |
One
tea and one hot cocoa |
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Still
life with bikes |
Shopping
streets |
Pee
stop |
Mauthausen |
Flag-waving
for ferry |
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Calling
the ferry |
Er
... waving that is |
There
it is! |
Concentrationcamp
Mauthausen |
Memorial
column |
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Barbed
wire |
Lots
of it |
Lots
of cyclists here |
Memorial |
Bulgarian
Memorial |
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Memorial |
Memorial |
Slovenian
Memorial |
The
Belgian Memorial |
Memorial |
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Memorial |
Italian.. |
..Memorial
Wall |
Entry |
Memorial.. |
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..along
the road |
Lunch
break! |
The
Austrian Tex |
Weird
cyclists |
Hey!
That's ... |
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...my
sister's... |
...helmet! |
Power
Station Wallsee-Mitterkirchen |
Ein
großes Bier.. |
..in
Mitterkirchen |
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Radler
Tankstelle |
Still
having troubles.. |
..with
the self-timer |
Oh
oh! End of civilization! |
Radiant
sun |
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On
our way to Persenbeug |
Grein |
62
miles today! |
An
average of 11 miles per hour! Not bad! |
Bed
literature |
Sunday,
7th August : Persenbeug-Spitz |
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Leaving... |
...Persenbeug |
Room
for one more bike |
Warning
for my sister! |
Highwater-levels
through the ages |
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Oh
oh! |
It's
raining! |
Maria
Taferl |
Schloss
Leiben? |
Pöchlarn |
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Pöchlarn |
This
isn't graffiti |
Abbey
of Melk |
Yes!! |
Apfelstrudel! |
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Melk |
Benediktiner
Stift Melk |
Climbing
the stairs |
Quite |
a
lot |
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The
mirror room |
Listening
to the guide |
Spinning
replica.. |
..of
the abbey |
Dancing
.. |
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..on
the ceiling |
Melk |
Library |
Silence,
please |
Reader
in library |
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The
church |
Keep
quiet, please! |
Courtyard |
Big
foot in courtyard |
And
the clock stroke 12! |
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Belgian
female in Melk gallery |
Garden
Pavillion |
Click
to hear the choir |
Cute
windchimes |
Cycle
safes |
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We
leave Melk |
Stairs
to the Venus of Willendorf |
Replica
of the Venus on a large scale |
The
real one measures only 11cm |
Kitty |
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The
other Venus was watching the bikes |
Some |
more |
information |
Vineyards
in the Wachau |
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Walchauer
Hof Hotel Spitz |
33
miles |
Average
of 10.5 |
High-water
level of 2002 |
The
church of Spitz |
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Gasthaus
Mariandl |
Vineyards |
for |
Grüner |
Veltliner |
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Oh
oh! Dark clouds! |
Better
hurry back |
Later
that evening |
As
in Wetteren : The old post office |
Monday,
8th August : Spitz-Tulln |
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Leaving
Spitz |
Bye
Hotel Wachauerhof |
The
famous .. |
..
Mariandl hotel |
St
Michael |
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More
vineyards |
Cyclists
dismount, please |
Dürnstein |
The
former Augustinian Abbey |
Courtyard |
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Church
Tower |
Close-up |
Back
to the main street |
The
"Blue" Danube |
Tea
break for cyclists |
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Tulln |
Nibelungenplatz |
Nibelungen
scene |
Other
angle |
The
rat |
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Some
explanation |
The
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius |
46
miles today |
Routeplanner |
Pouring
.. but .. we're inside!! |
Tuesday,
9th August : Tulln-Wien |
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Family
tour or racing cyclist tour? |
Klosterneuburg
Hauptplatz |
Stift
Klosterneuburg |
Museum
entrance |
We
stayed outside |
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Up
to Vienna |
Take-away
bikes in Vienna |
At
a charge of course! |
St
Francis of Assisi Church Vienna |
Right
of the Donauinsel |
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Left
of the Donauinsel |
Ferris
Wheel Prater |
The
Lusthaus, former imperial lodge |
3
blondes |
Cycling
route through the Prater Park |
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Sunbathing |
on
the Danube Channel Beach |
City
Hall |
Entrance
to Hofburg |
Art-historical
museum |
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Parliament |
Burgtheater |
Hunderwasserarchitecture |
42
miles today |
Rode
2252 miles since I bought my bike |
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A
toast to .. |
..
my sister's new grandson Brent! |
Wednesday,
10th August : Extra day in Vienna |
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Liechtenstein
Museum |
Somewhere
in Vienna |
Ladies |
Another
nice building |
Servitenkirche |
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St
Stephan's Dom |
Very
impressive |
Lots
of old buildings |
See
the ... |
...
bright blue sky? |
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Hofburg |
Gorgeous... |
...weather! |
City
Hall |
Other
angle |
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City
Park |
Belgian
statue |
More
.. |
..
St Stephan |
Bridge
over the Wien |
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Are
we lost? |
Of
course not! |
Here's
the ... |
Hundertwasserhaus |
Faxi!! |
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Sign |
Poster |
Observatory
Urania |
Sunbathers
Beach |
Dinner
in our room |
Thursday,
11th August : Back to Passau |
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7.59
: waiting for the bus |
Schlögen,
almost there! |
Only
2 bikes on the trailer |
Ours! |
Back
in Passau |
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Nice
room! |
Passau
in the sun |
From
Passau to Vienna, yep, we made it! |
One
of Passau's churches |
Our
Bed and Bike Hotel |
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Real
summer! |
Linda
an der Inn |
Last
bike ride.. |
..
in Passau |
Art
Exhibition |
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by |
Heinrich
Kirchner |
Last
pictures.. |
..
of Passau |
Friday,
12th August : Back to Wetteren |
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8.23
: ready to leave |
15.38
: last stop |
19.02
: back home |
Welcome
home meal by Chef Werner! |
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