Straubing-Regensburg-Germany
Lost Again
36 miles (57 km)
Total so far: 641 miles (1,032 km)
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Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-Danube River
After that, we rode on a beautiful bike path and quiet country roads for most of the day. We decided to avoid another gravel section by following the country roads. That got us lost quite easily, because there are so many roads in the area and no signs of course. But we eventually found our way to Pondorf where there is an absolutely stunning church to photograph.
Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-Pondorf Church
Continuing on, we got lost again following the country roads out of Pondorf because we missed the turn to the bike trail. Oh well, that’s not the first time that has happened. So we saw some more lovely German countryside as we wound our way through these quiet, paved, back roads with absolutely no traffic on them.
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- Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-roads
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- Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-bike path
We thought we would be picking up Anne’s medicine and forwarding it today, but the reality was we had the wrong town. We made a side trip into Worth an der Danau which is a very charming town with an Abbey high up on the hillside above it.
Straubing-Regensburg-Abbey
Since we left Straubing without having had breakfast, we were starved and had used up too much energy getting unlost. So by the time we got to Worth, we were drained of all our energy for the day. We found a wonderful Greek restaurant and had a delicious lunch.
Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-Greek pita
Meanwhile, we went to the post office only to find out that this was wrong town and that we had sent the package to Donauworth further ahead. So goes life.
After leaving Worth an der Danau, we were really quite tired and we had a strong headwind the rest of the way into Regensburg. Still the route was exceptionally pretty going along the Danube and through German villages.
Straubing-Regensburg-Germany-un-known Church
At one point on the Danube, we saw something strange coming across the water, and didn’t realize that it was two car/ boats that were made in 1943 for the war. Now they were being used as recreational vehicles by two families. They said they could go up to 80 km/h.
We have not seen many cyclists on this section of the route after Passau, but it is still a very pretty route and most enjoyable cycling. There is a monument high on the hill south of Regensburg that one can climb to. The Walhalla Monument was built in the Greek Revival style, like the Parthenon. We decided no way; it was enough just to get into Regensburg with the headwind.
Straubing-Regensburg-Walhalla Monument
We had the usual interesting dilemmas finding our way into the city to get to the campground on the other side of the city. It seems every time we go into a city, the specific signs for our route disappear. We get into a maze of bicycle paths and streets and all kinds of interesting problems winding our way through the town in the general direction which we think is correct.
There is no restaurant at this campground, but it is a very short bicycle ride back into Regensburg for a variety of choices for dinner. We chose East Indian curry for supper. Anne’s favorite.
