{"id":1743,"date":"2011-06-17T17:51:49","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2011-10-21T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T20:38:21","slug":"day-27-wednesday-june-15-passau-germany-to-linz-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=1743","title":{"rendered":"Day 27, Wednesday, June 15 – Passau, Germany to Linz, Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out of the door at 8 am this morning to 60 degree temps and sunshine, warmest it has been in the morning in a while, no complaints.<\/p>\n

It took us 15 minutes to go one mile, each of us stopping to take pictures of the city as we slowly pedaled away. \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Shortly thereafter, we crossed the Austrian border; we will miss Bavaria.
\nWe rode a wonderful flat bike path along the north side of the Donau for most of the morning (and no bike problems, yippee) taking in the sights.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Most of the towns seemed to be on the other side of the water offering us great opportunities for photos.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a> The green hills touching the water then reaching for the sky,\"\"<\/a> just awesome
\nSaw a lot of tour bikers, once again the young ones pulling their share.\"\"<\/a>Mid-morning we took a small ferry \"\"<\/a> along with many other bikers across the river.\"\"<\/a> enjoying the shade, cooler air and a view from the other side\"\"<\/a>Had a picnic lunch overlooking the Donau \"\"<\/a>After lunch, the hills seem to have disappeared \"\"<\/a> but the sights were still there. \"\"<\/a>Took an interesting loop on a very rustic forest path that dropped us here \"\"<\/a>then out through a cornfield, before back on our lovely bike path.
\nOur last five miles into Linz put us on a road, which we sprinted (dunno why)
\nThough we both felt we could have gone further, we wanted to see the city of Linz, so at 60 miles we stopped.\u00a0 Quickly finding a hotel (500 years old) in the center of the city \"\"<\/a> and once again a great view from our hotel window \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We strolled around town enjoying the sites \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>and of course, the churches.\"\"<\/a> This is called the New Dome!\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> Tough to get good shots of the exterior of the churches as the rest of the cities’ buildings are built so close.\u00a0 We were surprised that there were very few restaurants especially considering the number of tourists; lots of cafes and coffee shops, but no ‘real’ meals……..we did manage, of course.<\/p>\n\n\t\t