Crossing border into Upper Austria
Rolling again
Shady water break by the Danube
Erhard educating us
View down the path
Hillside homes
Deer farm
Ferry boat
The excitement of a ferry ride!
Our destination: A former Bishop's summer home
Renaissance-style decor on the Bishop's palace
Lunch time
The legendary Jochensteinfelsen, home of the Danube nixie Isa, sister of the Rhine's Lorelei
Water break
At Königsdorfer's, boat building family since 1820
Mama and son demonstrate old-style caulking
Königsdorfer's back yard (on the Danube)
Time to eat, again
Bikes resting in the shade
Following the Danube
Bicycle ferry across the river to hotel at Schlögen, Hotel Donauschlinge
Approaching our hotel on the right bank
High above the dramatic Donauschlinge, where the Danube makes a big S-curve
Our mountaintop vantage point
Note the ancient silting on inside curves
Path to/from Donauschlinge overlook
Wildflowers along overlook path
View near bottom
Our hotel at dusk
Location of Donauschlinge overlook (a long, steep climb!)
View upstream from hotel
Strange craft (modeled after river pilots' boats from olden days?)
Lone kayaker