A perfect day. Clear, cool. Lots of Germans out for a Sunday ride, many on the very popular e-bikes. Easy navigation. Stopped at a riverside cafe for lunch of chocolate cake a la mode.
Befor leaving Hofkirchen we went to Mass at the local church, built around 1400 but modern on the inside. I guess old buildings don't survive at all without constant maintenance, and improvements are inevitably in the context of the time they are done.
Reached Passau early in the day and found a very reasonably priced 4-star hotel. Beautiful small city at the confluence of two rivers with the Danube. River cruise ships start here. Have seen on Americans since Zurich, but many here. Strolled old city incl. fine baroque cathedral (pic below) and a fortress castle complex with excellent museum of local history: Celtic, Roman, Prince-bisopric.
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