Hotel Donauhof Passau

... I personally found really sad (but then again I find lots of Disney movies sad!). We landed in Singapore at about 3:00am Melbourne time, where we only had a 15 minute stopover (just enough time to call mum and talk about the first leg of the trip) and then we were on the same plane again, so I hardly got to look around at the airport.
We had another 7 hour flight, with breakfast at 4:00am- an omelette, and hardly any sleep (maybe a couple of hours) and ...

... 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.

... it back to the ship feeling very proud of ourselves and had a brandy and dry on arrival.  A nice hot shower and felt as good as new.  We have got a lovely lot of friends and at dinner made up a table of 8 Kevin and Lois, Betsy and Noel, Bill and Anna and Mac and I.  Another great day over and looking forward to tomorrow when we will be arriving in Regensburg where I will be doing shopping.  Think we will have to buy another suitcase to bring everything home."

(61 miles) Today, we rode a little too hard and realized that we probably need to slow down a bit. Its kinda the tortoise and the hare bit. We mostly rode today not a whole lot of sight seeing. Chrissy hit some gravel today and fell of her bike skinning her knee. Also we saw a lady on a bike get hit by a car. I guess it's just one of those days? After our long day we showed up at the less expensive very welcoming canoe/camping place.

... takze jeli muj Honza a jeji Honza.

hodnocenim to byla WW2+, vlny, sutry, valilo to, studeny jak led, cisty, nadhera, ale pro palavu nebo raft.

kluci nasedli a po 15m se otocili poprve, to sme to ani my jeste necekali. tak sme jim pomohli zpet do lodi a v tom Pina jiz panikarila, ze se o sveho H boji.
no bezeli sme kolem brehu a uz plavali dnem vzhuru podruhe, uplne je zalila voda a jeli dolu jak titanik....
jejiho Honzu primackla lod kotnikem ...

... traffic. The Danube runs very fast so the typical layout is for a narrow but tremendously long barge; several hundred feet seems normal. Going upstream these things struggle to match a bikes pace at full throttle but still have to navigate the bridges, locks and tight bends. It must be like using a pencil but only holding it at the end. Some seem to carry the owners cars on deck too. In Passau itself the passenger liners embark; these are even longer; simply enormous. there seem ...

... and campsite as e17; its reasonable in a round about manner. These small places are rather charming. Curiously I was able to advise the local cyclists on which side of the Danube to follow and on the fab campsite on Szendre island. And they confirmed Passau was within reach in a day; so a hostel there tomorrow.. Austria on Tuesday. The hostel network looks a bit sparce and its new maps but its still German and the Euro. Rather tired though so I don't think sleep will be a problem tonight

My father came over to visit me and go on a weeklong bike trip which followed the Danube River all the way from Passau, Germany to Vienna, Austria. The bike trip was such a great idea because it allowed you to really see the country side, interact with the locals and get a good exercise in everyday. Passua, Germany was a great place to start the journey because of it old ...

... over 4 years ago. Never had l imagined that Passau was going to be so lovely. Its main church St Stephens is a Baroque masterpiece from the outside and quite simply stunning inside, and claims to contain the largest organ in all of Europe. I had no idea it was so stunning, and as Konrad opened the door l stood there shocked. Neither did l realise that in the two days l was staying with the ...