Sunday 14 June – Sunday ride

Sunday 14 June – Sunday ride

This morning we worked our way to Regensburg, along bike paths. At the start we were riding through lots of cornfields, also wheat. A lot of the bike paths are bike and walking paths between villages.

There were lots of people out on bicycles or walking, particularly around Regensburg, being a Sunday. Also lots of people fishing on the river. 

statue

We continued on the north bank after Regensburg, but found that the path petered out. We decided to backtrack and crossed at a railway bridge (that caters to cyclists). From here there was a smooth run with hundreds of bicycles and walkers.

riverpath      BadAlbach

 

We stopped at the small town of Bad Albach – and discovered that supermarket are closed for the whole day on Sunday in Germany. So we had an ice cream at a shop in the old city, which was so exceptional that we had two. As we stood there eating our ice creams lots of people came to that shop – it is obviously the place to eat ice creams!

We continued along the Danube to Kelheim.

Kelheim2      Kelheim1

This is a nice old town but we found the hotels expensive, so we rode across the river and a bit out of town until we found a cheaper place – Pension Carl Bauer. Two other touring cyclist couples arrived just after us. The place may be more affordable, but it is also very good, with big rooms including kitchenette and attractive gardens (would recommend). Here is a photo of all the touring bikes in the bike shed.

bikeshed

In the evening we had a beer at a posh brewery beer garden in the city.

beer1

Then we went to a more casual beer garden just a few hundred meters from our pension, alongside the Danube. We had some traditional beer garden food – including bratwurst and sauerkraut.

beergarden

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