Day 7: Friday - More Passau

We had the morning free in Passau so walked across the city centre and on to the other side where you can walk along the River Inn embankment.

Just like the ones they have on the Baltic coast beaches

Where the Inn and the Danube meet.  You can just see the two colours merging

St. Peter's Cathedral, Passau

This is the largest pipe organ in the world.  It currently has 17,774 pipes and 233 registers, all of which can be played with the five-manual general console in the gallery.

Parts of the organ to the left and right as well

Son et lumière each Friday evening

Day 6: Thursday - A Walk Around Passau

Special post box - only for love letters!

Emerald Star's Lounge Bar

Looking towards the front of the ship.  Laptop open and working on the blog!

Day 6: Brandstatt Eferding to Passau

Because the itinerary was changing due to low water levels above Passau, we now had a choice of taking the coach to Passau for a guided tour and free time or staying on board for a cruise up river.

We'd been to Passau before and didn't think we needed all the time the coach option wold offer us there.  We did the right thing, as it turned out, as this stretch of the river was just about the prettiest so far ....

Misty morning on the Danube

Dedicated to St Wolfgang who was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death on 31 October 994 in Pupping, Austria which is the community behind here

Coaches waiting to take passengers to Passau.

"Vegetable Play Area" - ummmm!

This is Aschach an der Donau, the place where the cruise ended on 28 July and where we finally disembarked

Bet you never thought how exciting locks could be!

Wheelhouse sinks below the sun deck to avoid low obstructions overhead

Almost all the locks on the Danube are also mini hydro-electric plants

The captain asked everyone on the sun deck to duck!

Stylish looking ferry!

Lots of cycling and camping everywhere we went along the river

There doesn't appear to be a speed limit on this part of the river!

I think I'd want a life jacket on this river!

Houses with a view!

Another ferry 'cross the Danube

This is Obermühl an der Donau with an inlet which is probably and oxbow lake

And this is the Gasthof Gierlinger where 3 nights or more of half board will set you back £47.62 per person per night. They do bike hire for guests.  How good is that? See - https://www.gasthof-gierlinger.at/startseite.html

This is the Gasthof Reisinger at Halbach ob der Donau

This is the Gasthaus Steindl at Pucking

Car on the back!

Another lovely ferry

This is the Donauschlinge Riverresort, situated on a large U-bend in the Danube.  It is pricey!

Fire brigade boat on the left and the river police on the right

Last ferry on this side before the German border

The is what the Schengen Agreement means in Europe.  This is an old border post. We have been totally in Austria but now the border with Germany comes down to the river and into the middle of the flow. A local farmer seems to farm both in Germany and Austria!

The house is in Germany

The small gap in the trees gives a clue as to where the border runs up the hill with Germany on the left and Austria on the right.  The cyclists on the right are in Austria while the one on the left is already in Germany!

Almost the full Monty here - car on top plus kiddies' playpen complete with slide.  Only the washing line full of clothes is missing!

OMG it's a Swarovski ship

Approaching Passau and it's raining hard.  The Danube is straight ahead and the modest River Ilz joins from the right by the tower

The River Inn joins from the left.  It rises in Switzerland and flows through Austria until it gives way to the Danube just in Germany

River Ilz

Beautiful window boxes

Not much headroom

Do you like the potted palm trees on this trip boat?