Danube Bike Tour Day 7: Ulm to Dillingen
Posted by Cassie, November 18th, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Distance: 56km
Today marked the halfway point in our trip! We spent most of the day riding through the forest along the river. We stopped for lunch in Gunzburg, which was a pretty city with a neat gate and old half-timbered houses. Even though we had a big breakfast at the hostel in Ulm, we were already really hungry by the time we got to Gunzburg. Biking all day burns a lot of calories, so we were always hungry. 🙂
Gunzburg City Gate
As we were riding along the river past Gunzburg, we had a nice view of the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant by Offingen. It had twin cooling towers that reminded us of the Simpsons. 🙂 We also visited our first Roman ruins of the trip in Faimingen. Faimingen used to be a Roman fortress, and they preserved the ruins of a Roman temple. It was interesting that the ruins were in the middle of the town and surrounded by houses. It was exciting to see something new on the trip. After seeing so many churches, castles, town halls, and half-timbered houses, everything starts to look the same. The Roman ruins spiced up the day.
Faimingen Roman Ruins
We stopped in Lauingen because it was supposed to have a pretty market square. Usually, it is no problem to find the main square in a town. However, we rode all over town, and we could not find the main square.
Lauingen Rathaus
We reached Dillingen, and we had no trouble finding the campground since there were lots of signs directing us to it. The campground was behind a restaurant, and the bathrooms were inside the restaurant building. It was a little strange to go to the same bathroom as the restaurant patrons wearing my long johns. 🙂
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