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July 31, 2005

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Central Europe/ Mediterranean Cycling Tour 2005

This tour will be starting 9 May 2005, so be sure to check this site often after that date. The route we are proposing is something like this, starting and stopping in Frankfurt.

Day 151: Bogen to Kelheim

You may have noticed that we enjoy seeing the barges that cruise past us on our travels - this one was taken near Walhalla which is what you see in the next two photos. You might remember Walhalla from our posting in the week of 22 May. . . or not . . . it´s a greek style building that contains the busts of Europe´s famous sons and daughters. Nestled by the Donau is the lovely town of Kelheim - next two photos. Last time we didn´t stop here but caught a boat up the river to Weltenburg and beyond. We decided that this would be a good place to stop this time, and we enjoyed looking inside Befreiungshalle. This monument commemorates the unification of Germany in 1815.

Days 149-150: Salzburg to Bogen

Our route from Salzburg to Passau follows the Salzach River to the Inn River which then joins the Donau/Danube River. It´s great to get back on cruisy cycle routes and not to worry about traffic. There are lots of cyclists around - not touring cyclists but plenty of day trippers. The first photo is taken of Burghausen(Germany) from Ach(Austria) - for most of one day we were in Austria with Germany on the other side of the river!! Next photo is taken at Braunau on the Inn river where we stayed for a night, and the one after this is a foggy fresh morning start. Then you will see a neat village called Obernberg followed by Schärding. Schärding is where we developed a serious issue with our back wheel in the hub. We had to stop at Passau (next photo with the bridge) for the night to take our bike into a shop the next morning - you´ll see the bike in the shop waiting for help. Unfortunately we were given the advice that what was wrong would be okay until we got home - more on that in the ne...

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