Danube Bike Tour Day 9: Donauworth to Neuburg
Posted by Cassie, November 18th, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Distance: 38km
We spent the morning walking around Donauworth. It was a beautiful old city. There was an old city wall with neat gates. The main street, Reichstrasse, was lined with beautiful, old houses. Donauworth was located on an important trading route, and they controlled the only bridge over the river. Amazingly, we found a bakery that was open on Sunday! We bought a loaf of bread, but we did not think about how to get it back to the campsite. The campground was far enough outside the town that we had ridden our bikes. Jonathan was holding the bag on his handlebars, but as he went over a big curb, the bread tore through the bag and went flying. Incredibly, the bread survived the incident undamaged! It was a tough loaf of bread.
Donauworth old city wall
Donauworth city gate
Donauworth Reichstrasse
It was another beautiful day for riding. We had a hilly ride through the farms, and then, we returned to ride along the river. We stopped at a sunny spot along the river for a picnic lunch, and it was one of our nicest lunch spots.
Lunch spot on the Danube
We rode into Neuburg, and it was the biggest city we’d been in since we left Ulm. We stayed at another campground at a rowing club. The campground was located on the river only 300 meters from the city center.
View of Neuburg from the campground
We walked around the city before registration opened. We stopped at an Eis Cafe, and we ordered enormous dishes of ice cream. Jonathan’s ice cream dish came in a half of a pineapple. The ice cream was really good, but it was a lot of ice cream. We both finished all the ice cream with a great sense of accomplishment. 🙂
Cassie's chocolate cup
Jonathan's pineapple cup
Our empty ice cream dishes!
We returned to the campground to register, but no one was at the registration office. We tried to pay in the morning, but there still wasn’t anyone there. So, we got a free night of camping! We saw the same people that were camped next to us the night before, and we did not get a chance to talk until tonight. They were a really nice couple from Ulm, and they were biking along the Danube to Deggendorf to visit their relatives. We thought we might see them at other campgrounds along the bike route. 🙂
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