Deggendorf to Passau 8-23-11

Deggendorf rathaus and market

Deggendorf church and market

Water sprite in Danube

Water sprite

Danube from bridge at Vilshofen

Vilshofen getting ready for a fest

Vilshofen gate

bike ferry crossing at Sandbach

Our ferry person

The river Inn at Passau

The organ at the Dom in Passau

The altar at the dom

Frescos in the Dom

Castle across the river

Johanna checking the menu to see if it's German enough to eat at.

We left Deggendorf in a heat wave.  J wanted to swim in the danube and so it seemed like a good time to do it.  After the swim we pushed on to Vilshofen and had a beer to tide us over to Passau.  The last 10k seem like it took forever.  We got to Passau and got a room at the Spitzburg Hotel where we had stayed 2 years before.  They actually had a small refer in the room with some expensive water in it.  Of course J took one.  I drank out of the bathroom tap.  We took off around town and went down to where the river Inn meets the Danube and then went to the Dom to see if they were playing organ music.  It sounded like somebody was doing a little practicing as there was some music coming out of it.  The organ is the largest in at least Europe and makes some beautiful music.  We had heard it 2 years ago when we just happened to catch a sunday mass.  After dinner at the Blauer Bock and a little eis we went back to the hotel for another hot night in the rack. 
The part of the Danube trail we did was listed a 593k.  But with all the other stuff we did it was more like 800k.  There were parts that were great but some other sections that I could have missed.  I think the section from Passau to Vienna is better overall because most of it is along the river and not  near roads and thru farmland.  But overall it was a good trip.