Danube Bike Tour Day 10: Neuburg to Ingolstadt
Posted by Cassie, November 18th, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Distance: 24km
We had a short ride to Ingolstadt, so we spent the morning walking around Neuburg. Neuburg has a huge palace, and the courtyard of the palace had two creepy statues of a man and a woman. The woman’s statue was missing its nose and looked like something from a Tim Burton film.
Creepy statue at Neuburg palace courtyard
We also went inside the palace chapel, which is called Germany’s Sistine Chapel. The ceiling had amazing frescoes.
Neuburg Palace Chapel frescoes
We also walked by a store called the “American Store”. Its display windows contained a Confederate flag, guns, and knives, giving the impression that Americans in charge of spreading hate and violence.
Neuburg "American Store"
There was a playground nearby the campground, and we discovered the best playground toy! It was like a combination of a trampoline and teeter totter. With two people jumping on it, it was so much fun! One person could be launched high into the air when the other person landed. This playground toy definitely would not be allowed in US playgrounds.
The bike path from Neuburg was along a bike path next to a busy road. Instead of following the bike path, we decided to follow the river by riding along gravel roads. We navigated our alternative route very well, and we rejoined the official bike route at the hunting palace in Grunau. The palace in Neuburg was not big enough, so they built an enormous hunting palace outside of Neuburg in Grunau. What happens to these palaces once the nobility is no longer in power? This palace was being used as apartments. However, there were probably hundreds of rooms in the palace, but there were only about 10 names on the buzzer. The palace looked like it needed some repairs, but it must be incredibly expensive to maintain such a large building.
Grunau Hunting Palace
We found the campground in Ingolstadt easily, and we ran into our German friends from the last couple nights. It was always fun to run into the same people again. 🙂 Our luck with the weather finally ran out tonight at the campsite. It started raining when we began to cook dinner. The tree was the only shelter we could find, so we were pretty wet by the time we were done cooking dinner. Fortunately, the weather had warmed up, so at least we were not wet and cold. We also had great luck with our health on the trip, but I was sick to my stomach after dinner. I spent a miserable night with a really upset stomach, but fortunately, I felt much better in the morning.
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