Shattering the world record for a bike trip injury (2018 paula sinclair dehydration on 1st night), trying to fix her handlebar bag as she was getting onto the trail, audrey fell and dislocated her shoulder. After a trip to the hospital in passau, the biking part of her vacation is sadly over. The rest of us, although concerned, biked down the river on a nice trail alternating between right and left sides (travel across bridges at locks/ferries). Did short hike up to stunning viewpoint over the "great bend" where the river doubles back on itself. The boat passed us at our lunch spot. across from schloss-newhaus castle and after ice cream, we were back on the boat by 2pm. 3pm departure as we are sailing pretty far tonight. Hung on the deck, 5 course gala dinner (plus sorbet before main course) and tried to play a card game for which we didnt know the rules. photos to be uploaded...slow internet.
Some thoughts on the boat. First, its way nicer than most of us imagined. Bigger room than our London hotel for sure, and cool nights with open windows. A very smooth ride going downstreamso far. Probably half german and half english speakers so 'mostly accurate' info is given in both languages by jorgen. Drink prices very reasonable (15 euro for bottle of wine) and they load/unload our bikes so boarding is pieceof cake. We go through 11 locks pretty seemlessly. There are many other river barges - we see at least a dozen others daily but the bike paths are mostly empty. Food has been good and nicely presented. Think this could be the new normal for bike trips.. simple planning, reasonable $, and many possibilities. We'll see...
50km, totally flat, 98% on paved paths.
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