Biking along the Danube, from Passau to Vienna (Day 2)

Wake-up!
Eat!
Cycle!
Take DSLR Pictures!
Cycle!
Eat!
Cycle!
Take phone-pictures cause getting the DSLR out takes too much time!
Cycle some more!
Eat!
Drink local beer (it's a must)!!!
Sleep like a rock :-) ... till the next breakfast!

...This would be a short version of the next days that followed the first post [read part 1 here]
However, I must tell the whole story! ..as there were some great moments between those cycle-eat-cycle sessions :-)

The second day of our adventure, started with a rich breakfast on the Danube shore...
I always used to say about myself that "I eat to live, not live to eat!" :-) Suddenly, eating became a high priority for me, as water & food are the "bike-fuel" and it's consumed incredibly fast!

Second day's target was Linz, a large Austrian city, settled 50~something km downstream on the Danube. So, we were biking again... surrounded by a fresh and wild landscape... The route was on the southern bank, a small forest on the right side and the Danube waters on the left.

The trees were protecting us from the shining sun, it was a good decision to cycle on that side... the other bank of the river was fully exposed to sunshine... and it can get quite hot in July!

The view, the trees' shadows, the sun, the river, the cycle-path... I loved this part so much!!! ... come to think about it, that part from Donauschlinge to Aschach was my second favorite part of the entire bike-tour.
Now that ranking came up ;) my favorite (#1) part was somewhere in the second half of our journey... and it involved wine fields. But, that's another story :-)

As I mentioned before, at the end of this enchanting forest-path, we reached a small town, Aschach, As a small break from cycling, we "recharged our batteries" with knowledge :) ---> we visited a local crafts' museum where we learnt some interesting things about evolution of boats, tools for building them and other local crafts. In the picture below, outside the museum, a transportation boat build recently for an exhibition, based on the old prototype.

Except for this small town and one other village, we did not see much civilization that day.

As we approached Linz, our destination for the day, the clouds started gathering, but fortunately it did not rain (much :-) ).

Linz is one of the largest Austrian cities and capital of the Upper Austria. Even if we arrived there in the late afternoon, we still got around for a city walk and dinner in the city center... :-) 

[... continued here]