8-14-2011 Fridingen to Mengen

Starting into the Doanu gorge

Sandstone cliffs in the Gorge

Bronnen castle

donau in the gorge

Along the trail

Archabby at Beuron

St Maurus chapel along the trail

Wildenstein castle

Warenweg Castle

Herb garden at a Kloister

Hohenzollern castle at Sigmaringen

The danube

We left Fridingen and after a couple of miles started in what might be called the most beautiful landscape along the German danube.  Rocky formations crowd the valley.  Shining limestone cliffs rise almost vertically and suggest that the Danube needed to wear a course thru the 300 meteres tall stone formations.  The upper reaches of the danube has the most castles on the short stretch between donaueshingen and sigmaringen.
we stopped at the archappy and caught a little of the monks chanting, on to the bikepath and a shor
stop in sigmaringen were there was a french festival , had some flammkuchen (Elsass specialty) beer and then some gelato.Every afternoon we stopp somewhere for italien gelato sooo good.
well onward to our hotel rebstock in mengen. there are storks living on top of the church tower and  lots   of stork sculptures all through town . fotos in the next blog
have to leave now on to the trail direction ulm