Day 21, Ybbs an der Donau to Nuremburg

Sunday, June 22, 2025

Day 21, Ybbs an der Donau to Nuremburg

After a quality breakfast at our quality hotel, overlooking the Danube, we set off for Nuremberg. We spent the majority of the day alongside the great river. Being a Sunday, the roads were pretty quiet, though we were surprised by the numbers of people out on bicycles. Also by the number of Harleys. It was possibly one of the best riding days we've had. As usual we were making steady progress at 80kph and just enjoying the experience. Grizzly was wondering what his mates back in Ireland were up to, whilst he was riding through Austria alongside the Danube.

We had 3 scheduled stops, the first being at the Romerburgus Oberanna, the remains of a Roman fort. An interesting stop and a free one. They have spent a lot of money on building a building over the remains, in order to protect it and they have done a great job. It's worth a google.

Next stop was our fuel and coffee/snack stop. Just before we got there we got stuck behind a convoy of tractors towing various trailer or caravans. They were old tractors and made a real racket. We'd managed to pass them all but then sat and watched them all sail past, as we had our refreshments. We never saw them again though.

Before those stops though, we were thrown a curved ball when the tunnel/bridge we were supposed to use was closed. Venturing on, on the wrong side of the river, an alternative route took us to a small ferry. Most unexpected and with an unexpected financial outlay. €12 for the pair of us to go across 100m of water! There was us, a family of 4 and 3 others, all on bicycles.

Anyway, when it came time for our coffee stop, we found it closed. It was attached to a Netto supermarket. It hadn't occured to me when planning, that it was a Sunday and wouldn't be open. Without further ado, we pressed on to the hotel. Given the temperature was now 34 degrees, I said to Grizzly that I thought Ginny might not survive without overheating. As it happened, there was very little traffic and she was able to reach the hotel without any problems. Same couldn't be said for me. It was very uncomfortable, yet again. The day had started so much better, a comfy 23 or 24. Checked in, we got the bikes parked up, squeezing them in the corner of the car park and thus saving ourselves €24. That's what it would have cost, if we'd taken a car bay, which the guy seemed reluctant for us to do anyway.

After a freshen up, I gave Grizzly a tour of the sights I had identified as of interest. One included our dinner stop, the Bratwursthäusle. We both had 6 Nuremberg sausages, only small things,, Grizzly with potato salad, me with sauerkraut and a pretzel. Not forgetting the beers of course, 2 more.

Surprisingly the place shut at 8pm and they were turning punters away, so we continued on our sightseeing tour and finished that off with a bar stop. 3 beers for the day, 49 running total.

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