Following
the Danube the next morning after leaving Passau. It rained a couple of times
but only for a few minutes. The tail winds were excellent though! That night
I got to Linz, Austria.
This is the bike sculpture outside the Fahrrad (Bicycle) Museum a little ways
east of Grein.
I
couldn't find any information on this castle in the village of Weitenegg on
the north shore of the Danube. After leaving here I crossed back over to the
other side of the river and stayed one night at the hostel in Melk.
There
were lots of people touring along this stretch of the route. Between Passau
and Vienna is a very popular route. There is almost always a bike path or
at least a very well marked back road with very little traffic. It's almost
impossible to get lost in this part of the trip. Just follow the Germans with
panniers on their bikes. I wasn't sure how the roads were going to be after
Vienna on the way to Budapest. Some people I had spoken to along the way said
the roads were too busy and no room for bikes.
But
one German guy I bumbed into a few times near the end of Germany and into Austria
was also riding to Budapest. He seemed to think it could be done with no problem.
He had a great book I later picked up in Vienna. "Donauradweg Passau-Wien-Budapest"
by Schubert & Franzke: It's only in German but the maps are great.
The
next day I went from Linz to Grein and stayed at the campground there.
The
next morning I backtracked a couple km to cross the Danube. The road was much
less busy on the south bank. You can see Grein looking downstream in this
and the previous picture.
