Danube Bike Tour Day 14: Regensburg to Straubing
Posted by Cassie, November 19th, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Distance: 45km
The highlight of today’s ride was visiting Walhalla, another of King Ludwig I’s monuments. Walhalla was modeled after the Parthenon, and it honored the important German figures. It located on the side of a mountain, so we saw it from a long way away. There was a great view of the Danube from Walhalla. Past Regensburg, the Danube becomes truly navigable, so we saw our first barges and ships on the Danube. Inside the monument, there are busts of all the famous Germans. King Ludwig I had the biggest monument with a big seated statue of himself dressed in Roman garb. There were a few women represented in the monument. One of the women was Empress Katarina of Russia, which I found interesting. Albert Einstein’s bust was the funniest. There was not much fine detail, and it looked like it was made of plastic from a Mold-A-Rama machine.
Walhalla
Busts of famous Germans inside Walhalla monument
King Ludwig I gets the biggest monument
Funny Albert Einstein bust
The rest of the ride was pretty along the mountains that were pushing the Danube southward. We stopped in Worth for lunch, but it was not much fun getting into town. There was tons of traffic on the road into Worth because Worth was next to a major four-lane highway. We ate lunch in a square by the church, and it was a happening place. The kids in Germany only go to school until 1pm, so they were already out of school. The church square was the main hangout spot for the kids. As we were leaving Worth to return to the bike route, we missed the turn to cross over the highway. Instead we accidentally turned onto the on ramp for the highway, but we quickly realized our mistake and turned around. 🙂
The campground at Straubing was one of the nicest campgrounds. The restroom, kitchen, and washroom buildings were immaculately cleaned. However, they had the craziest reception hours. Reception was only open from 3-4pm daily. We arrived after 4pm, and we were planning to leave before 3pm the next day.
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