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On Friday, we took a short trip to Augsberg, a beautiful city that housed the US army during World War II, and, realising that I probably won't be seeing my backpack for the remainder of my trip (if ever again), I bought more clothes. Then, I kicked back in a cafe with a coffee and watched the world go by.
In the evening, we drove a few hours east to Passau, to visit Christian's parents, Rudy and Elfi. Passau is lush in greenery and about a 20 minute drive from the Austrian border. The drive took longer than it normally would, as people were all leaving town for the bank holiday weekend, and the rain was torrential.
We relaxed in the evening, and Suzanna prepared a delicious Ugandan meal of matoke and ground nut sauce. Then we turned in, not wanting to go out in the rain.
On Saturday, after a delicious buffet breakfast of pretzels, bread, jam, tuna, cheese and all manner of delicious treats prepared by Rudy and Elfi, we set out for a drive. Before i knew it, we were in Austria! We only stayed long enough to get petrol, but still. That's eleven countries
in three months. Woop woop!
Next, we went to Mariahilf Kloster (church), overlooking the rivers Inn, Donau Danube and Ilz, before driving across the Inn River and visiting Dom St Stefan. This Baroque-style cathedral was built following the town fire in 1662, and houses the largest church organ in the world, consisting of five separate organs with 17,974 pipes. As we wandered round, Suzanna and I discussed our futures in Hell as a result of our sinful behaviour, and how Christian would be waving at us from Heaven.
We stopped for lunch at Hof Brau Haus, and I broke my vegetarianism in the name of cultural experience, and ordered schweinebraten (roast pork) with knodel (potato and bread dumplings) and sauerkraut (cabbage with bacon chunks). It was delicious! Then we walked along the Donau River, with views of the Veste Oberhaus fortress on the northern bank.
We walked to the meeting point of the three rivers, where - from a birds-eye view - the three different water colours can be seen merging. I obviously didn't see this from ground-level, but the merging of currents was pretty impressive. Wandering back, I stopped off to buy some posh-nosh chocolate for
my bus journey the next day, however I knew deep down that most of what I bought wouldn't see the bus.
In the evening, we went to watch a classical music concert, performed by the orchestra that Christian used to play for. As most people know, I'm not really a fan of classical music, but I was blown away. As well as pieces I had never heard before, they played the Mission Impossible and Robin Hood theme tunes, and were fantastic! I had goosebumps throughout.
We woke up this morning, had another superb breakfast, and chilled in the sun until lunch, after which we said goodbye to Christian's parents and began the drive back to Ingolstadt. When I got back, I finished packing, took what was possibly my last bath of this trip, and relaxed whilst waiting to set out and catch my bus.
Having said goodbye to Suzanna, I'm now sitting in the luxury of a European bus, complete with toilet, TV, free snacks and (best of all), wifi. I'm armed with enough snacks to see me through to Poland, including boiled eggs, mixed nuts and dried fruit, gummy bears, and some surprise toffee treats that
Suzanna snuck in my bag. It's been a comfortable journey thus far and Bruno Mars' 'When I Was Your Man' just came on the radio. What more could a girl want? Other than Bruno Mars himself, of course. Naked and covered in whipped cream. And singing 'Locked Out of Heaven' (check out the lyrics if you don't understand the significance of this song). Yes, I'm getting carried away now, but don't judge me - I lost my backpack and am still a little fragile.
Anyway, I digress. Good journey so far. Let's hope it stays this way.
Oh, and, as predicted, the chocolates I bought in Passau didn't even make it as far as Ingolstadt.
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