10km, 12 - 21deg, fine and mostly sunny. Luckily Regensburg was not bombed during WWII so it has a wonderful array of old buildings and sights; 1,400 "listed" buildings of significance in fact. The city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It dates back to the Stone Ages and the Romans built a fort here in the 1st century. So today we explored as much as we could. Unfortunately the most famous sight, the old (10th century) bridge, was mostly covered up as it is having a makeover. Greg rode this way in 2009 and it certainly was beautiful then. We have included an uncovered picture for you. Like Passau, Regensburg is situated where three rivers meet, which not only makes for a very nice place but is probably the main reason for its existence in the first place. Of course no place this old in Europe is complete without its significant churches and Regensburg has stacks of them. Interestingly back in the 1500s it also had a Jewish Quarter and Synagogue but with the consent of the Town Hall it was raised to the ground and all the Jews were driven off (I bet killed but they don't want to say that) in 1591. The only part of the first century Roman Fort that has survived till this day is a section of the wall. This morning we rode our bikes to the Town Square, locked them up and went on a self-guided walking tour of the old city. The stately houses and businesses, old walls, towers and churches lining the cobbled streets, all immaculately kept give the place a great feel. It is our favourite city thus far. We saw too many sights to list but the highlights were a number of the churches, Thurn & Taxis (very rich family who are still here) Palace where there was a garden show happening in the grounds, the river promenade and the Old Town Hall. Most of this stuff was built in the 11-15th century; why can't we build such beautiful things now? We were all a little weary about midday so we jumped on the City Tour Train which showed us the city, with commentary in English, from a local's point of view. It was well worth the Euro 8 ea. As we have another day here we just had to keep some sights for tomorrow so it was back to our rooms for a rest. Dinner (Stew & Al's pick) was dine in at the motel. Our tipple tonight was acquired at the local Servo or Norma's Supermarket at an extremely reasonable price, A$3.50 for a good South African Sav Blanc. The meal was Italian style and very well presented, salmon for Greg and pasta for Wendy. A wander along the canal to inspect the tied-up barges completed a great day. We estimated that one barge would keep 100 semitrailers off the road. It's all run by three men and each barge carries nearly 4,000 tons each. The double barges twice that much.