by ropeko
The baker came to the camping with fresh bread and the ducks were also aware of that. When I walked to the bench in front of the port and they saw the bag with my breakfast in my hand, they ran to me 😀 . I visited the abbey Engelszell and bought an 8-pack of […]
My rest of pizza from yesterday evening was the breakfast. Today I started a bit earlier because it will be up to 35 degrees hot. The first part was along streets. Then it should go along the Danube, but it was redirected. When it was back on the original route, it was planned to take […]
Instead of camping I slept in a hostel. In a room of 10 beds only three were occupied including mine and only one of the others appeared. Or maybe I slept when the other person was present. The hostel was very clean and directly in the center. In Donaustauf I planned to see Walhalla. Directly […]
In the night was the last rain for some days and it will get warmer and warmer with more than 30 degrees on Friday. On the way from Bad Gögging to the oldest monastery brewery Weltenburg (of the year 1050) were many hop fields. I don’t know if they all belong to the mentioned Weltenburg […]
A good breakfast at a bakery in Donauwörth gave energy for a long stage today. Just some annoying wasps disturbed it, so that I grabbed everything and finished eating at a wasp-free place. Donauwörth was a nice city with beautiful buildings, history and good restaurants. The path followed first some streets and went up the […]
In Leipheim I ate a good chocolate croissant and a „Streusel“ (bread with crumbles on top). The bike route followed close to the Danube on gravel roads. Many birds could be observed, i.e. two kingfishers (Eisvogel). I stopped under a bridge and put on my rain clothes. Five minutes later it stopped to rain. Later […]
In the morning I had to repair my bike. It was Sunday and I couldn‘t just go to a bike shop. After some time I managed to fix the chain. Unfortunately something is still wrong with my back brake. The disc brake touches the edge of the brake holder. It is not where the brake […]
In the morning I visited the Hohenzollerschloss of Sigmaringen including one of the largest weapon collections. Afterward I drove to Hundersingen and went to the museum about the celtic villages (Heuneburg) in this region. In Rechtenstein I walked to a small cave and to the old tower of a castle. One village further was a […]
Today the real Danube trip started. The three days before were mainly to get to the spring of the Danube. I slept on the camping Riedsee 5km away from Donaueschingen. It rained in the night and when I woke up some small puddles of water were in the tent. At least everything was in the […]
Goal of today was Donaueschingen with the spring of the Danube. The rain in the night tested the tent to be waterproof. After the breakfast at the Rhine, I started the next stage a bit late around 10. The way on the map didn‘t allow vehicles and I had to take the main street to […]
Originally I planned to drive 20km further, but there were so many beautiful historic places to visit. Start was at the friends place in Niederlenz. 15min later I reached the baroque castle Wildegg. The building is rather impressive. In the small aviary are some waldrapps (black bird with long bill) among others. Instead of the […]
Today was the start of my bike tour. Before I can follow the Danube I have to get from Bern (Switzerland) to the source of the Danube in Donaueschingen (Germany). The distance is approximately 180km, what is about 2.5 days of biking. The first stage is from Bern to Lenzburg, where I will visit friends […]
Tomorrow I will start my bike tour along the Danube. The plan is to travel for about one month with my bike. Here is an impression of all the things I will carry with me. Maybe too many things and maybe a few things I forgot and will notice after some days along the way […]
After six years it is possible again to hike and swim through the Räbloch along the river Emme. It’s so beautiful to walk or in several places to swim through the tight valley, sometimes just two meters wide with more than 50m high walls on both sides consisting of conglomerate (in German: Nagelfluh). But stay […]