Cycled on downriver to a monastery which was serving award winning dark beer from one of the world's oldest breweries. It seemed a shame not to sample a Pope endorsed god beer, so found ourselves drinking before it was even elevensies. Fortunately there were long tables full of old ladies doing just the same with their huge stein mugs lined up infront of them. Took a boat from the monastery which barreled downstream a few km through the Donaudurchbruch which promised to be an amazing narrow limestone gorge, which we wouldn't have been able to see from the cycle path. In actuality it was something of a blink and miss it experience. The boat passed by a few limestone crags, then the river swifty widened again. Some might consider it cheating to skip some of the route in a boat, but there were plenty of other cycle tourers doing the same including a couple from St Bees. There was even a special section of the boat for parking bikes, and a man to help you push your bike on and off the ramp. When he attempted to manoever Luke's bike into place he exclaimed "Ouf! I've been working the boat for 20 years and that's the heaviest bike I've ever lifted" or something like it in German, to which Luke replied "You should try riding the thing".
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Total Distance Cycled : 2199km
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Daily Distance Cycled : 50km
Ascent : 92m
Time Cycling : 5h
Journey Time : 6h 40
Average Speed : 16.6km/h
Campsite : N 49°01'40.8" E 12°03'31.7"
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