Danube Bicycle Trip
In and around Austria
Doug and I will be arriving in Munich on Sunday, 12 August. We plan to spend three days visiting Munich and another two days in Mittenwald in the Bavarian Alps, where Doug studied violinmaking over 30 years ago. From there, we'll take the train to Salzburg, where we hope to find tickets to some of the concerts at the festival there. We will then pick up a couple of bicycles and spend a week on the road to Vienna.
We don't know what internet access we'll have in Germany and Austria, but we'll post entries with pictures whenever we get the chance.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler LisaC
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Munich
We spent the day exploring Munich, mostly the Altstadt (old city) and mostly on foot. Munich has been called the northernmost Italian city, and we can... Continue reading » -
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Andechs
Monday. We took the train a thirty-minute trip south to Starnberg, a town that’s both suburb and resort, sitting as it does on the northern edge of th... Continue reading » -
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Munich
Tuesday. We’re all friends in this blog, so I trust that readers will indulge me today as I give my Classics lecture. We spent the morning at the Glyp... Continue reading » -
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Dachau/Peissenberg/Mittenwald
Wednesday. Today was a complicated one logistically, and included running for three different trains and trams, but we caught all of them and our plan... Continue reading » -
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Mittenwald
Doug is guest blogger today: Thursday in Mittenwald has been a day of wandering and remembering. We visited the major sites in my two years as a stud... Continue reading » -
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Innsbruck/Salzburg
Friday. [I've edited this on Sunday to add pictures. Look at tomorrow's entry for more description of the pictures from the puppet production.] We spe... Continue reading » -
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Salzburg
Saturday. We are staying in what is, I think, one of three Hotel Salzburgs in the city, which makes for some confusion in finding it from the train st... Continue reading » -
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Salzburg
Sunday. I’ve had trouble using my laptop for internet use here at our hotel in Salzburg, so I’m posting yesterday’s and today’s report this evening, a... Continue reading » -
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Burghausen
Monday. The weather report today was for rain early and again late afternoon, so Doug checked his 582 emails after breakfast while we waited for the w... Continue reading » -
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Schärding
Tuesday. I’ve added some pictures to yesterday’s report, since I wasn’t able to do that last night. Today was cool, but no rain and the sun came out... Continue reading » -
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Schlogen
Wednesday. We made our way down to the end of the Inn River in Passau this morning. There the Inn meets the Danube, and the Ilz River joins them, too,... Continue reading » -
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Linz
Thursday. Today was an easy and pleasant 38 mile ride to the rather large city of Linz. En route, we stopped to see a Cistercian monastery on the sout... Continue reading » -
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Grein
Here's Doug on yesterday, a challenging day both physically and emotionally. Every day on this trip brings a mix of many things. Today started wi... Continue reading » -
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Melk
(I've added pictures to Doug's report yesterday.) Saturday. Doug mentioned yesterday the variety of experiences we’ve had. After spending Thursday ni... Continue reading » -
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Vienna
Monday. Too tired last night after arriving in Vienna to file a report, so I’ll make one report for the past two days. Before leaving Melk yesterday... Continue reading » -
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Vienna
Tuesday. After two days here in Vienna, I feel I’m just starting to understand the city well enough to begin touring it intelligently. We had hoped t... Continue reading »
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