Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 10

Bavaria Day 14 Regensburg was very busy yesterday and as we rode through this morning it was very quiet with cleaning up going on. A good breakfast at the Am Peterstor hotel which set us up for another day’s cycling on a warm day with a bit of light rain late morning, after our coffee and cake in Kallmunz, which made us put on our train jackets. The scenery and terrain was much different today with some small hills, much more tarmac and good cafes. We passed several sawmills with no one working and a few farmers strawing out their hay and straw in the fields ready for baling. No punctures today since the gravel roads were few and not too long, thankfully. We came across a few old tractors at a small outdoor museum along ... read more

On the way the first stop is Munich which is the vibrant capital of Germany’s Bavaria region. It’s the largest city in Bavaria; the third largest city in Germany. While Munich is most well known for being home to Oktoberfest, the city has a long, storied past filled with fascinating history. Apparently we took the scenic route through the base of the Dolomites. I didn’t see much as I slept most if the way! Although we are still in Italy, it feels more Austrian due to the scenery & houses! We are now about to stop for a comfort break…. And it’s not an Autogrill! We are at a small local town hotel/cafe called Al Brente in Levico Terme. It is in beautiful surroundings, so much more personable, and so cheaper in comparison to the Autogrill ... read more

Today we were on the Danube all day, heading west. We have done this part before when we were going to Vienna but that was in the opposite direction and instead of staying in Deggendorf we went a little further to Niederalteich to stay in a Monastery. There were lots of diversions and construction work on the early part of the path so there was a bit of messing around in and out of places and the diversions were not always clear. We had lunch in Straubing as it was the main place on the route and the most likely to have cafes that were open. Being Sunday most places were closed. It was a little early, for lunch, and less than half way, but needs must. We found an Italian cafe 'Eis' cafe that also ... read more

Bavaria Day 12 After a good breakfast at the Michel hotel in the beautiful town of Landshut we headed north again following the Isar River, which might sound nice but was a bit (actually a lot) tedious there were locks about every 10k and 50% of the way was gravel and in the woods, so not that interesting. My chain coming off was quite a welcome distraction. There was the odd sculpture and best of all the sighting of a Kingfisher taking its dinner in the river. Sadly no old tractors today, just some Porsche 911’s razzing up the Main Street in Plattling where we had our last break. The first break was at Dingolfing where I sampled a strawberry tart just to see if they were delicious or not. After Plattling the last 10k was ... read more

Bob and Dave were setting off as rgd same time of us so we set off together. We were soon off the roads and into the 'English Gardens' park land running along side the River Isar. As expected the path was fine gravel. After about twelve miles Dave said he was fed up of gravel and we could go down a road that was parallel to the river so it was agreed to try this until Freising. Some of the roads were a bit busy but mainly we were on cycle paths, some of which were gravel. After about fifteen miles we were under the flight path for Munich airport. Planes were taking off at very regular intervals. We detoured in Freising for a coffee and cheese croissant, as an early lunch. We had a wander ... read more