Day 2 on the Donau. Schlogen to Linz.

Woke to the cool morning fist up the valley and along the Donau River. its been quite warm 27 or so. All of our hotels are booked with the tour, with breakfast all you can eat and dinner. we had a 55 ks to ride to Linz today so we tryed to leave by 9.00am.
you ride around the bend on the river and there is a castle on the other side or above you.

Coffee and cake in Aschach. Most of the Building are decorated in art works of some sort. there is to many to take pictures of.

We left the river to go to Eferding a small town with the church called St. Hippolyt. built in 1451-1505. quite plain outside. i was waiting outside with trusty steeds while Annette went to see if it was open, while it was waiting the vicar came out a side door and talked to me, in German big long sentence about the church. I told him i don't speak german, he said it was open and walked off.

your mouth hits the floor when you walk in, The art work in this church was some of the best we have seen in our travels over germany.it was to much to photo for blog and to look good.

up to the pulpit.

Back on the river, bugger me a castle. Schloss Ottensheim (school) the town of Ottenshiem. we had lunch here but fist we went to Wilhering to the monastery one of the oldest in Osterreichische.

Stiftskirche Maria Himmelfahrt, Built 1733 to 1751 this place was huge the gold was vast the painting huge, the figurines eminence. There was a weeding about to happen and some one was playing the main pipe organ. (See Video) it had 3 smaller pipe organs.

i think this was the main alter.

These painting and gold framing were 3 mts X 5 mts

one of the smaller pipe organs.

After so much churchgoing around, i am feeling quite saintly at this stage so on to the ferry from Wilhering to lunch in Ottensheim. to the pub, Beer and salad with Apple Strudel.

a few shot from the Monastery (stift)

the fahradpath (bike path) goes thru peoples farm on the way the layout of farms is quite different to aussie no fences. this is a typical farm house the animals live down stairs people upstairs, After lunch is a bit hard seen 2 churches a castle or too, and had 20 ks to peddle so the photos drop off its getting late so the picture of linz were very slack on the way in to town more church spires and castle or 3.