Nittenau to Regensburg, Germany
Low clouds greeted us this morning as we headed out for more bike route finding. We made it less than a km before stopping at a roadside stand to enjoy some bakery. Then, with a little uncertainty, we rode out of town and soon found the bike route signs. We followed along well and were putting the kms behind us for a good chunk of the morning. Most of the low clouds had burned off and things were going well until we got to Regenstauf. It was here that we realized that a ways back the bike route crossed the river according to the map, but we didn't. But the bikeway sign in town pointed us to the same side of the river we were on. This confused us, but we followed the sign and ended up on a very busy road that eventually would turn into a major highway that didn't allow bike traffic.
Instead of turning around and backtracking, we continued on and came to a road that looked like it would take us into a town where we could cross to the other side of the river. When we got into the town there were no bike route signs. We followed our noses and a gravel path and found a bridge. On the other side of the river we picked up the bike route and rode it all the way into Regensburg where we said goodbye to the Regen River and hello again to our old friend the Danube.
After asking a few people, we found the campground and set up. It was 2.5 kms past the city center of Regensburg which is O.K. because that's a little less that we have to travel tomorrow. We rode back into town with no gear on the bikes. We spent a good chunk of time trying to resolve a problem we were having with our long distance calling card. After some time on the internet and the telephone, the problem is still not completely resolved. This and the whole route finding thing this morning put a bit of a damper on the day.
We walked through town and saw all of the "must see" sites listed on the tourist map, picked up some groceries and rode back to the expensive, crowded campground.
Kms 48.18
Time 3:07:06
Avg 15.4
Max 33.0
Total 1730.7
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