Gettin' Hitched in the Rathaus: Day 31 - Regensberg to Straubing - Get It While It Lasts... A Big Loop Through Europe 2017

September 7, 2017

Gettin' Hitched in the Rathaus: Day 31 - Regensberg to Straubing

We have a few short days ahead of us. A good friend of K's sister and husband lives in Linz and we'd like to get together with them. However, they're on holiday and won't be back until the next Monday. That means we're going on slo-mo for a few days so we will hit Linz on Monday. That's our official excuse.

The reality is we kind of like putzing along, and the way my head felt this morning, well... we didn't get a real early start.

We did however spend the morning checking out Regensberg. It's a beautiful medieval city, largely intact.

Thursday must be wedding day as we saw several ceremonies throughout the city including several at the Rathaus (city hall). Most of the wedding parties were kitted out in traditional Bavarian dress and it was quite nice to see that tradition. Several pics follow to show what it's like.

One party I didn't get a picture of looked like a more traditional catholic group. Bride in white, and about 8.9 months pregnant ... just making it in under the wire!

We had a short day to Straubing, nothing exciting, just good cycling along the river. We had another Bavarian experience at lunch though. We left it quite late to eat and we were in a fairly small village with just one Gasthaus open. We're doing pretty good with German menus now but this one had us stumped ... rolled the dice and we ended up with a plate full of cold sliced pork, horseradish and bread. Good, but not great for cycling afterwards!

We also paid a visit to Valhalla ... basically a reconstruction of the Acropolis in a country park about 15 km out of Regensberg. Very much like Chambord in France, it struck us as another colossal waste of money and basically a demonstration of power and privilege by the monarchy. Enough said.

Good campsite in Straubing with quite a few other cyclists and a few long distance walkers as well.

Another shortish day tomorrow and then Passau and a day off.

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Song of the Day:

Dance Me to The End Of Love covered by The Civil Wars

This is for all the couples we saw getting married today. One of my favorite Leonard Cohen songs, and a very tender rendition by The Civil Wars, although the back story to what inspired him to write it is a bit chilling ...

Richard Schorr - our host in Regensberg.We hosted Richard's son Andreus in Canmore in May. He said that when we went through Regensberg we must stay with his dad ... so we did. Wonderful hospitality .. thank you Richard and Andreus

Another Mifa spotted on the streets of Regensberg. Can you imagine riding 8000 km on this from the Arctic Ocean in Norway to the Black Sea in Turkey! Tim Moore did ...Our Mifa count is now up to 4 ... but this ones has the best custom paint job

Nice view of medieval Regensburg from the river

Street scene in Regensberg ... nothing special but I like pics of Vespa's and bikes together

We stumbled into a square (one of hundreds) to discover is was at the old Rathaus (city hall). There were several weddings taking place and this party were all decked out in traditional Bavarian dress ... just like the folks in Scotland do with their kilts

This smart woman was set up with a great business just outside the Rathaus ... fresh bubbly at the ready for all the wedding parties ... she was doing a pretty good business

A shot of the cathedral spire from the Rathaus. Note that the trees are starting to turn. The air has been very cool the last few mornings

I love the roof lines on these medieval public bulidings

The doors to the courthouse beside the Rathaus

Another folly by a monarch with nothing better to do ... lets tax the people and build a replica of the Acropolis to look over the Danube .. I'll stuff it with statues of me and my relatives .. Walhalla about 10 km downstream from Regensberg

This stained glass pic and the next one from a Gasthaus in Bavaria where we had lunch tell you all you need to now about the rustic regional cuisine... Here's the food

... today's lunch ... we played menu roulette. It was good, but a few more veggies would have been nice!

Today's ride: 61 km (38 miles)
Total: 2,233 km (1,387 miles)

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