We left Passau today and headed to Eferding, Austria. We crossed the river 3 times on bike ferrys that come right up to the path at the river. Since there are bike paths along both sides of the river and and many ferries to cross over the river, this allows riders to see sites on both the North bank and South bank. The ferries cost about 2 euros each way.
Along with the beautiful scenery, the notable sites were The Schlogener Loop, where the river makes a 180 turn, and the only Trappist Monastery in Austria.
We took the ferry round trip to go to Engelhartzel, Austria and see the Trappist Monastery. It was beautiful and ornate.
After taking the ferry to the South shore, on our 3rd ferry ride of the day, we hiked about 30 minutes up to the Schlogener Loop overlook where the view was spectacular and John got some great photos.
Many castles, high on the hillsides, overlooked our route.
Here is a link to the route we took today, as recorded by the Where's George app via a recently added (for this trip) .kml export function. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1PQcHyIo4PBUEFLZWlyZWdIdG8/edit?usp=docslist_api
We rode 79 km today and hiked 3 km straight up hill to see the Schlogem overlook. We treated ourselves to schnitzel for dinner and now are turning in. Stay tuned! 6 more days of riding to go before we roll into Vienna.
Time to get our pedal on.
Sue on the ferry, far right.
The church at the Trappist Monastery.
The bend in the Danube at the Schlogener Loop.
An example of one part of the path right along the Danube.
One of the castles we saw high on hill.
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