This week we have been busy in the garden clearing weeds and mowing. We have had lovely sunshine thankfully. Last weekend we visited one of the worlds longest castles (1000 metres) at Burghausen on the River Salzach. It looked very impressive in the evening all lit up along the skyline. As it was a church holiday here on Monday we set off for Passau a very pretty city where three rivers meet, the Ilz, Danube and the Inn. On the way we visited Scharding the...

We woke to sunshine and at last have a chance to use our hosts bikes to explore the Bavarian countryside. First we had to de-cobweb them as they had been in the garage for more than a year. There were two new bikes and one old one. Luckily one of the new ones was my size but the other was too big for Chris' short legs so he had to take the old rusty one! Despite this we oiled them up and spent the day biking in the glorious sunshine. Four weeks ago there was...

Yesterday (Monday) we left Czech and travelled to Germany. Our train took us through Austria to Linz and then we crossed the boarder into Germany at a place called Simbach Inn. We met our new hosts who have a converted farmhouse with a large meadow and garden that has a wood and brook at the bottom. Our host is a sculptor and his art decorates the garden. The weather yesterday was beautiful, but today has been wet and dreary. This area is renowned for its th...