Hotel Konig Passau
Untere Donaulande 1 Passau, Bavaria, 94032, Germany
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Passau to Linz, Austria
... and Sweet on Passau:
- Known as Dreiflüssestadt (City of Three Rivers) where the Danube, Inn and Ilz meet.
- WWII: 3 infamous Mauthausen Concentration camps.
- St. Stephen's Cathedral with the world's largest church organ (17,000 pipes)
- Gothic and baroque architecture; cobblestone streets.
- Industrial town ...
Passau on the Danube
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A shiny new purse (MW)
This week the trusty wallet chucked it in. For the last few weeks it has been held together with duct tape and it was doing the job, but a solid drenching at Oktoberfest saw it off in fine style and the last two stitches gave way.
When selecting a new wallet one must consider style, image, practicality and size. After all I expected the new wallet to be with me daily for at least a few years.
Iona and I were in a random store in Passau, Germany and saw a pile of wallets in ...
Passau (MW)
We finished our time in Germany with a few days in Passau, a little town near the Austrian border where three different coloured rivers meet. It’s a maze of narrow cobblestone streets, stone archways and tunnels beside the Danube. The trip to Passau from Munich is long but quick - first you rendezvous with a friend (Bernard) with a new BMW, he finds the autobahn and sets cruise control for 220 km/h and 40 minutes at this speed just about does it.
Passau was more ...
On to Austria.
... from the early 1500s. All were 4 or 5 stories tall. The Plague column in the town center was interesting. In the middle ages the plague would arrive and wipe out about a third of the population. There was nothing that people could do to stop it. Many prayers were said. Suddenly the plague would quit. The people built this column in thanksgiving after one such incident.
We were back on board in plenty of time for dinner. Afterwards we had entertainment in the lounge. A ...



