Day 26 - Thu 25 Jun: Regensburg
Estimated km: 0; Actual km: 10; Total km: 1144 10km, 12 - 21deg, fine and mostly sunny. Luckily Regensburg was not bombed during WWII so it has a wonderful array of old buildings and sights; 1,400 "listed" buildings of significance in fact. The city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It dates back to the Stone Ages and the Romans built a fort here in the 1st century. So today we explored as much as we could. Unfortunately the most famous sight, the old (10th century) bridge, was mostly covered up as it is having a makeover. Greg rode this way in 2009 and it certainly was beautiful then. We have included an uncovered picture for you. Like Passau, Regensburg is situated where three rivers meet, which not only makes for a very nice place but is probably the main reason for its existence in the first place. Of course no place this old in Europe is complete without its significant churches and Regensburg has sta...