2 September Plattling to Passau

Today 2 September, I have tested my legs. They feel fine after 75 km’s from Plattling to Passau. Ten of those km’s were just detours. Have to get adjusted to the signs and the meanings. There isn’t only one Donauradweg. There is also the Donau-Ilz Radweg, but that is really taking you somewhere else! But I did buy a superb map of the Danube - from Passau to Budapest - in one big folder, so I should be safe now. No more Google maps but the old style cartography. After all I was educated as a geographer!



The Pension in Passau, was nice, not expensive and special because this winter they were flooded till the first stock. But with a lot of help they managed to be back in business. A nice room, a garage for the bicycle and a warm shower, plus Fruhstuck! Can you wish for more?

Tonight some further planning and tomorrow downstream along the Danube, which is becoming prettier now every kilometer.

From Passau the city of three rivers, the glacial Inn (green colored), the blue Danube and the Ilz (black), on to my warm showers host in Horhag.

Into Austria with a strong wind in the back the river winds more and is contained within two ranges of hills. I cross twice with smaller ferries. Cyclists all over. This Danube route is a wonderfully well-equipped touristic route.

My host Johannes Trautendorfer lives 300 meter above the Danube. A 6 kilometer climb brings me to his farm house, he is currently extending and refurbishing. I arrive hot and sweaty from the climb but satisfied.