Passau to Kobling

We started our journey at the three rivers confluence. Each river is a distinct colour. The Iltz a dark blue, the Inn a milky azur having come from the limestone Tyrol, whereas the Danube is a muddy brown having flowed through farmland. The Itlz gets swallowed up quite quickly, but the Inn and the Danube refuse to mix. The river remains bicoloured for about 7km, almost perfectly bisected. We slipped across the border into Austria after elevensies, and again we were surprised that the scenery changed in unison. Here the Danube cuts a torturous path through high wooden hills on either side. At one point it even does a u-turn, then carries on it's sinuous path eastwards