Day 27 - Fri 26 Jun: Regensburg
Estimated km: 0; Actual km: 33; Total km: 1177 33km, 13-27deg, fine and mostly sunny. The brekkies at these big hotel chains (Ibis in this case) are very substantial and it takes a fair amount of willpower to choose wisely. The Germans like their cold meats, cheeses, breads, jams, spreads and sweet pastries. Plus, there's all the English style stuff like cereal, yoghurt, bacon, sausages, eggs, potato cakes, etc. It's okay if you're riding 80-100kms a day, but for rest days it's a bit much. So after some restraint (but not much) we were refueled for today's activities. Firstly, Kate organized a ride to Walhalla, a huge hall in Classic Greek style built by King Ludwig in the early 1800 overlooking the Danube to honour famous German people. From the bike path on the Danube it's an imposing sight, you could easily think you were in Athens looking up at the Parthenon. It's quite a climb to reach the first of the many ...