Day 18- Deggendorf to Passau- 60.7 kms

Today was meant to be a short ride day in to Passau so we were a little later in starting at 7.30 approx...

The first stop was to find a bakery in the main square at Deggendorf which we did very easily and it was breakfast with sugary croissants and an apple tart both of which tasted yum for the ride ahead

The ride for the day was beside the Danube essentially following the bike path beside the river 

The morning tea stop was at Hofkirchen at the halfway point of the ride... here I had a coffee. 

The rest of the ride in to Passau was relatively easy and we made it by about midday. 

Passau is a town where 2 tributaries of the Danube join the main river and the city has the boat anchorage’s for the big river cruise boats that travel downstream the Vienna etc

The amount of tourism in the town is incredible and the streets are quite crowded. Heaven only knows what it is like in the peak of the tourist season in mid summer!!!!

As the hostel ( our accommodation for the night) was not open we found a cafe in the old part of the town for lunch. I had a strawberry cake and Chris had a sandwich and cake plus drinks. Although the sun was hot (high 20’s) we managed to find shade under an umbrella for our lunch 

As we had a bit of a wait for the hostel to open we had a visit to a couple of bike shops to check on their Garmin situation.... no luck again!!!!

We then decided ,after a traditional ice cream , that we would try to booking in to our accommodation....

The good news was that we could get in.... the bad news is that the trip to get there involved climbing to the Schloss at the top of the hill where the gradients were up to 20pc!!!

Most of the road was on cobblestones so there was a fair bit of walking!!

Anyway the youth hostel is situated in the Schloss precinct and is quite comfortable.

We are hoping the we can do

A “major wash” here so after a shower Chris took the washing to the laundry which is again more of an uphill climb.....

During today’s ride we passed through the 1500 km mark so we have another 2000 kms ( give or take) to go

I am feeling okay so far and am happy that the bike has had no mechanical issues.... I say that and maybe it might be a curse

Looking forward to dinner at the hostel tonight 

Now for the photos.....

Dinner last night at a Greek restaurant at Deggendorf... great food 

Centrale market in Deggendorf near where we had breakfast 

The Danube....

These are the types of signs we see everywhere showing the way to go... you can just see the Eurovelo 6 sign on the bottom sign post at the bottom of it 3 signs fro the left 

Here is a war memorial we saw at a town being looked after by this guy 

Strange you don’t see many war memorials in the towns on Germany showing the names of those who died in the 2 world wars... this in the only one we have seen 

Passau shopping mall near where we had lunch 

Photo taken by Chris of me with “ angel wings” 

A view of the dock where the river boats anchor

See the Schloss in the background.... that’s near where the youth hostel is located 

Her is the cobblestone drive up to the youth hostel 

Here the gradient was 20 pc!!!!!

At the hostel... completely stuffed after the ride walk up the hill!!!!

Today’s ride ... excludes 3 km for the travel up the hill