A short and swift (love the tailwinds!) and sunny day of riding from Kelheim with energetic Martina and Sigrid meant not a lot of time to stop for photos en route, unfortunately, but for a good amount of time to explore a bit of the city of Regensburg, where Martina is currently living and studying medicine. She was our very charming, funny, and gracious host for the night.
We walked to the "old" town, which is a World Heritage Site, and explored the streets seeing the local Dom (Cathedral), of course, and the remains of the old Roman walls. Unfortunately half of the old Roman bridge spanning the Donau was undergoing repairs and shrouded by scaffolding and cover, but we were still able to walk half of it while being serenaded by buskers.
The "floating" organ.
Porta Praetoria and the remains of the old Roman wall. Sigrid had done a tour of the city at one point so she was able to share a lot of what she'd learned.
Bronze miniature of the city and its 1,500 buildings.
The famous, original Roman bridge, where Alaine and another cousin, Monika, walked 25 years ago.Two years ago, there was a massive flood and everyone sitting here at the historic Wurstküche (sausage kitchen, with smokey cooking aromas piping out all day) would have been under water. The Wurstküche has been flooded several times through the centuries but continues on, adding another highwater mark to its wall.
Historische Wurstküche.
Highwater marks of 1893 (left) and 2013 (right).
The view from up on the bridge.
Martina had all the ingredients for a couple different delicious pizzas, and after, we all got back on our bikes to ride to a favorite pub of hers for a nightcap and a refreshing coast through the festive streets of nightime Regensburg. Sigrid, who lives with her family in Aidenbach, stayed with us as well, as she was taking the train early the next morning for Munich, where she works a few days a week.
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