Bike path wound through farm fields and into a narrow gorge with white cliffs on both sides. The Danube is just a small clear stream, not even passable by canoes. The weather was clear and cool and calm-great riding weather. Visited a still-active Benedictine abbey dating from the 12th century. Followed a wrong bike direction sign which took us up a 3 km climb at a steady 7% grade. Only realized our mistake at the top, so back down to the valley and back on track. Met an English couple riding from Budapest all the way back to England, via the Loire Valley in France. We intended to get to Sigmaringen, the end of a stage in our guidebook, but stopped several km short at a likely looking B&B ("zimmer frei"} right on the river. Good German dinner at the only restaurant in the tiny village, and early to bed.
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