From Schaffhausen, we put the bikes on the train to Donaueschingen, the start of the Danube Bicycle Path |
Donaueschingen Railway Station |
Gasthaus Zur Linde, Donaueschingen |
Gasthaus Zur Linde, Donaueschingen |
Hanselbrunnen, Karlstraße, Donaueschingen |
Cuckoo Cocks, famous in the Black Forest region of Germany |
The reason we're here, the source of the Danube, Donaueschingen |
Starting at the Source of the Danube, we're cycling the Donauradweg to Regensburg |
Donauquelle - Source of the Danube |
Donauquelle, sculpture at the Source of the Danube |
Donauquelle - Source of the Danube to the Black Sea 2840 km |
Donauquelle - Source of the Danube |
Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
Before we start, a hearty German meal at the Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
Fürstenberg Brauerei, Donaueschingen |
Beer coaster at Fürstenberg with the Danube |
Start of the Donauradweg - Danube Bicycle Path, 2840km from here to the Black Sea |
On this trip, we're cycling for 6 days from Donaueschingen to Regensburg |
Loaded up and ready to start cycling the Donauradweg |
Me and "Scotty" at the Donauquelle, ready to go |
First stage of the Donauradweg |
Brigach-und-Breg-Zusammenfluss, confluence of two streams - from here, together, they are called the Danube |
Danube Confluence just outside of Donaueschingen |
Irma & Max Egon - Goldenerhochzeit 19 Jun 1939 (Golden Wedding Anniversary) |
Der Donau-Zusammenfluss - The Danube Confluence |
Der Donau-Zusammenfluss - The Danube Confluence |
Donau - the Danube, Pforen |
Donau - the Danube, Pforen |
Crossing the Danube at Pfohren - the water level is very high |
When the Donauradweg isn't directly on the river bank, it usually follows small, peaceful country lanes |
Crossing the Danube at Gutmadingen |
Countryside and a wooded hilltop on the north side of the Danube across from Gutmadingen |
Donauradweg - Deutsche Donau |
Touching World War I memorial, Geisingen |
Stadtkirche St. Nikolaus, Geisingen |
The first challenge...a flooded section of the Donauradweg |
Donauradweg flooding, not quite up to my knees, passing under the railway bridge 3km east of Geisingen |
Eisenbahnbrücke & Donauradweg flooding between Kirchen-Hausen and Hintschingen |
Attention Toads! Krötenwanderung, Hintschingen |
New covered bridge under construction across the Danube, Zimmern |
Immendingen-Zimmern Railway Station |
Landgasthof Kreuz, Donaustraße, Immendingen |
Covered bridge across the Danube, Immendingen Donaupark |
Danube from the Covered Bridge at Immendingen |
Schwarzwaldstraße, Möhringen an der Donau |
Franco-Prussian War (deutsch-französischen Krieg) 1870-1871, Möhringen |
Mittlere Gasse, Möhringen an der Donau |
Donauradweg between Möhringen and Tüttlingen |
Schneckenburger-Denkmal, 1892, Stadtgarten, Tüttlingen |
Stadtkirche Tüttlingen |
Restaurant Engel, Tüttlingen |
Lunchbreak in Tüttlingen, Restaurant Engel |
Bildstock - Wayside Shrine, 1999 - Zimmermeister Stetten |
Bildstock - Wayside Shrine, 1999 - Zimmermeister Stetten |
Downriver from Tüttlingen, the Donauradweg enters the Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, 1554, Fridingen an der Donau |
Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, 1554, Fridingen an der Donau |
Wall Mural - Das Fräulein von Hallenberg, Scharfeck |
Scharfeck am Oberen Tor, Fridingen an der Donau |
Gögginger Bier, Scharfeck, Fridingen |
Sauerbraten mit Spätzle, Scharfeck, Fridingen an der Donau |
Sauerbraten mit Spätzle, Scharfeck, Fridingen an der Donau |
Fridingen an der Donau, Doch Stein bleibt Stein |
Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
Horse grazing in a green field, Oberes Donautal |
Ziegelhütte Vesperstube, a good break stop right on the Donauradweg |
Donauradweg, Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
Leaves after a rain shower, Buchhalde-Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
Stiegelesfelsen - cliffs in the Upper Danube Valley/Oberes Donautal Nature Preserve |
Large farmhouse along the Donauradweg with Schloss Bronnen in the distance |
Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
...does he think I stop to much to take photos? |
Herd of cows grazing along the Danube, Oberes Donautal |
Jägerhaus, a cute B&B along the Donauradweg in the middle of the Upper Danube Valley |
Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
Benediktiner Erzabtei St. Martin / Kloster Beuron |
"Old Man" along the Donauradweg, Beuron |
Cross on a cliff overlooking Kloster Beuron |
Beuron, Upper Danube Valley |
Railroad bridge over the Danube around the bend from Beuron |
Burg Wildenstein, Oberes Donautal |
Eichfelsen, Irndorf, Oberes Donautal |
Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal, Burg Wildenstein |
Hohler Felsen, Oberes Donautal - Upper Danube Valley |
Foested section of the Danube Bicycle Path, Oberes Donautal |
Burg Wildenstein on the clifftop, Oberes Donautal |
Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
Schloss Werenwag, Oberes Donautal |
Schloss Werenwag, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
Danube River, Oberes Donautal |
Landgasthof Pension Murmeltier, Hausen im Tal, Donauradweg |
Schloss Werenwag, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
Sculpture on the Hausen im Tal Danube Bridge |
Donaubrücke at Hausen im Tal, first constructed by Kloster Salem in 1722 |
Kirchstraße, Hausem in Tal, Obere Donautal |
Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
Gasthof Steinhaus, Hausen im Tal, Oberes Donautal |
Cycling for Sigmaringen, today's destination |
Cliffs of the Upper Danube Valley, Neumühle |
The Danube is still a young river passing through the Oberes Donautal near Neumühle, Baden Württemberg |
Cliffs of the Upper Danube Valley, Neumühle |
Neumühle, Oberes Donautal |
Mill dam on the Danube, Neumühle with the stunning rock formations of the Upper Danube Valley |
Hofstraße, Donauradweg, Oberes Donautal |
Keith checking if I'm keeping up or still taking photos... |
Rabenfelsen, Oberes Donertal - Upper Danube Valley |
Rabenfelsen, Upper Danube Valley, the most scenic section of the Danube in Baden-Württemberg |
BSW Wanderhaus Donautal |
Schloß Gutenstein |
Tree stump along the Danube carved into a figure |
Ferienwohnung im Donautal, Burgfeldenstraße, Gutensteiin |
Mural on the Ferienwohnung im Donautal, Gutenstein |
Burgfeldenstraße, Gutenstein |
Mühlenwerg K. Diesch, Dietfurt |
Burgruine Gutenstein |
Donauradweg - Forested section of the Danube Bicycle Path |
St. Peter und Paul Kirche, Laiz |
Sculpture in Laiz, Oberes Donautal |
Donauradweg - 101km from Donaueschingen to Sigmaringen |