Berching

Tuesday, 28th July.

We revisited Kloster Weltenburg this morning,

driving through Kelheim this time and not taking the ferry, left Boris in the car park and walked the 800 metres to the monastery, which was quite crowded. 

We didn't stay long, just long enough to visit the small chapel up the hill, the large ornate church where several monks were chanting their prayers, and to have a walk around. There is a small ferry near the monastery which takes people and bikes across the Danube so we stopped to watch that in operation...it is attached by cable to another cable which runs across the river, and is operated by oar. 

Back through Kelheim, we stopped for supplies at Riedenburg and had lunch, then went on to Berching on the Main-Donau Canal with a stop at Beilngries, another canal town for a look around.  Tomorrow we plan to do a 10km ferry/bike ride back to Beilngries.