Atel Euro Hotel Passau

... and my Great Grandparents grew up. It was the best trip ever I had such an amazing time! Words cannot describe how I felt there, seeing my heritage and reconnecting with family.

Took a side trip to Prague. Amazing city, one of my favorites now! Loved it.

Now I'm in Munich til Monday. It's great here...beautiful sights and delicious beer! I'm in heaven haha

OK sooo that's a little update for now! Hope everyone is happy and healthy!

More soon...
Michelle

... money for lunch.

After lunch we window shopped and bought souvenirs. I also bought more coke and some pretzels to take back to the ship. Then we went to the Glass Museum which contains tens of thousands of glassware items from the 17th century on. A short walk took us to where the buses were to take us back to the ship. It was another pleasant drive, this time on the Autobahn. We got on the ship in Deggendorf where Muriel was waiting by the door.

... r diesen Flug super Plätze ausgesucht, ganz hinten. Da hattten wir unsere Ruhe und konnten die ganzen 8 Stunden in vollen Zügen genießen...wie man das auf einem halben Meter Platz halt kann.

Die letzte Hürde haben wir dann auch noch mit Bravur genommen - der Zoll. Nach all den Schauergeschichten, die ich gehört habe, hab ich das Schlimmste befürchtet. Nichts davon ist eingetroffen. Wir sind einfach durchmarschiert. Bin ich froh, denn nach unserer letzten ...

... which was on the other side of the river and then came back over a bridge further down the line back into Germany.  The scenery was something else and so peaceful.  When we got back into Germany there was a picnic area and a long table all set up with meat, pretzels, gherkins and drinks for everybody.  Lois got off her bike but her legs were like jelly so landed on her knees poor thing but all I could do was laugh.  This was not a time for praying.  We ...

... their services towards cyclist's (hot showers, bike garages etc). Today these are open for the numerous leisure cyclists who go out for the day near towns. There are also bike/foot ferries operating across the danube to facilitate out on one side and back on the other. This is all new since the 1980's and is the result of a government initiative apparently. They have certainly spent a lot on signs and paths but these now see a lot of traffic. There is also noticeably more commercial ...

Arrived by Train from Vienna, and picked up the bikes at Train station.Everyone lost quickly, bikes needed adjustmentment (Sue thought she had no brakes) so bike was changes. Visited Dom (Cathederal) and then drinks and dinner at nearby Pub (Gasthoff ...

... castles palaces, evidence of the power of the bishops. The city is dominated by the Hohensalzburg fortress high above, and many structures are actually built into the cliffs below. Mozart was born in this city 1756, and the buildings record this. We went through the Mirabell Gardens, very pretty, this is where the fountain from the film is. You know Doh Ray Me ...

... up nicely for the last bit coming into Passau (which is another lovely medieval town). Staying in a 16 century building which has huge thick walls and is also freezing cold so I have gone for a walk and turned heating on full. Vey cheap place, all in for the reasonable sum of 35E including breakfast. Oh, in addition to inumerable rocky gorges enticing ruined castles and dull looking churches, I passed a great place called ...

... teilweise in der Stadt stand. Abends dann Double Power: Erst essen im Löwendings, danach Sushi. Ich habe nach dem Rauchbier wieder mal schlapp gemacht und kein Sushi mehr geschafft. Am nächsten morgen sind wir dann noch frühstücken in dem neuen Passauer Prunkturm gegangen. Toll wars!

... The trip allowed us to interact with the locals because most of the hotels were bed & breakfasts so we got to talk to the owners even at some points they only spoke German, we made do by pointing to the wall of mounted animal heads to tell us what we were eating. It was a great experience and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting an adventure off the beaten path.