Day 2/3: Regensburg to Passau
The highlight of the evening was the Captain's Gala dinner, for which the smartest 'smart casual' rigs were produced. Neither the food nor the craic was quite up to the Cuba standard but the evening passed pleasantly enough. Our waitress may slosh the wine into the glass without much finesse but she does keep it coming.
This morning we woke up in Passau where it was very misty until later in the morning. We had a quick breakfast, wrapped up warm and reported for the walking tour at 8:30. The guide talked mostly about the 2013 floods which reached half way up the first floor of the riverside buildings. It is the confluence of not one but three rivers so floods seem to be a fact of life - the worst one was in 1501 or thereabouts. Lots of narrow cobbled streets and an enormous cathedral and a few vaulted mediaeval buildings.
When we returned to our boat the mist was clearing, and it became a beautiful, cloudless day. The scenery down the river was lovely, very Autumnal with trees golden and orange. The first part of the voyage was through steep wooded hillsides, then after the Austrian border it opened out. The locks were a mixture of guillotine top gate and double door bottom gates; much like UK canals but vastly bigger.
Today we met a couple who live in Frizington, although he's from Essex. She went to school with the person who gave me my long service award at Whitehaven; small world!
We are now (6:45) alongside in Linz having pre dinner drinks. More tomorrow.
This morning we woke up in Passau where it was very misty until later in the morning. We had a quick breakfast, wrapped up warm and reported for the walking tour at 8:30. The guide talked mostly about the 2013 floods which reached half way up the first floor of the riverside buildings. It is the confluence of not one but three rivers so floods seem to be a fact of life - the worst one was in 1501 or thereabouts. Lots of narrow cobbled streets and an enormous cathedral and a few vaulted mediaeval buildings.
When we returned to our boat the mist was clearing, and it became a beautiful, cloudless day. The scenery down the river was lovely, very Autumnal with trees golden and orange. The first part of the voyage was through steep wooded hillsides, then after the Austrian border it opened out. The locks were a mixture of guillotine top gate and double door bottom gates; much like UK canals but vastly bigger.
Today we met a couple who live in Frizington, although he's from Essex. She went to school with the person who gave me my long service award at Whitehaven; small world!
We are now (6:45) alongside in Linz having pre dinner drinks. More tomorrow.
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