Riedenberg

Tuesday, 31st July.

After yesterday's 'rest day', we strolled into town in the early evening with the intention of having a before dinner drink at one of the pubs there.  Everything was closed as teams of workers were still busy dismantling the market stalls, bars, etc. and clearing up after the festival but we saw our neighbours Karen and Alfred from Bremen sitting on a bench drinking beer they had bought from one of the work teams so joined them.  'Our' team had almost finished their clearing up, were having an after work party and invited us to join them, we didn't want to intrude on a private party so declined but they were insistent and so we spent a fun hour or so with them...a great time with great people.
We said auf wiedersehen to Karen and Alfred, and to Monheim this morning for  the drive to Riedenburg on the Main-Donau Canal, which, as the name suggests, connects the Main and Donau ( Danube) rivers.   Another scenic drive, longer than expected due to yet another diversion but this one was caused by major road works.  We arrived here in the early afternoon and after a visit to the tourist office in town went for a short ride along the canal, visited a museum housing music players, went for another ride on the other side of the canal and treated ourselves to an ice cream each.