It was a cool morning and it was great biking weather unlike all the other days when it was pretty hot.
Soon we reached the town of Wolfratshausenn , . In the 13th century it was known as a important trade and craftsmen center. Goods were brought from Venice over the passes to Mittenwald and then taken by wooden rafts down river to the Danube and on. When roads and trains were developed in the 19th century and the river was regulated transporting goods on rafts was no longer possible. Today you can book a trip along with a bunch of other tourist on the rafts, Mac already wrote a blog with videos.From Wolfratshausen the trail follows the river and we could hear the noise from the rafts which travelled on the Canal next to the river. Soon we arrived at the Benedictiner Monastary Schaeftlarn which dates back to 762. Here we stopped at the Monastary's biergarten. Their special was
Hollerkuecherl ( deep fried Elderberry blossoms) with schlag. Of course we had to order it and it was delicious. Back to the trail up a very steep incline by a little chapel on gravel to boot and then through a Nature preserve of woods and meadows to Gruenwald were we made two wrong turns and had to find the trail again. We are now very close to the city and there is quite a bit of bike traffic. the trail stays along the river all the way to munich and it very well signed. when we arrived at Deutsches
Museum we called felix, who was still at work but would soon meet us at a nearby biergarten.
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| signs along the bike trail |
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| signs |
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| more signs |
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| along the trail |
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| along the trail |
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| the trail |
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| along the trail |
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| church at Schaeftlarn |
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| Monestary Schaeftlarn |
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| Elderberry blossoms |
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| Holler kuecherl made from Elderberry blossoms |
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| along the bike trail |
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| along the bike trail |
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| Gruenwald Castle Hotel |
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| The Eisbach Munich |
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