A visit to Straubing
On Monday, despite having things to do, the weather was so great so I took the train to Straubing. It involved taking a train one stop from Ergoldsbach to Neufahrn then changing to a two-carriage diesel rail motor vehicle. The connection was fairly smooth, though there was a bit of a delay at Niederlindhart. However, leaving in a hurry for the train, I forgot my backpack which I had packed only moments before that. So unfortunately I didn’t have a pen, nor camera (though only a loaner as my existing one decided to go kaput at the last minute just as I was leaving Melboure), etc. Though I did have my GPSr and some money. Though not a real tourist destination, Straubing turned out to be another charming little European town.
When I found the first geocache I didn’t have a pen so I had to go buy one. I spent ages on a multi though didn’t find it, again due to language difficulties. Though it did take me down some more medieval laneways.
Later I did a geocache at a Kleingärten., which is a community garden, though unlike the ones in Australia which often only consist of multiple veggie patches, ornamental gardens were a major focus here. The owner of the cache was so pleased to have an Australian stop by that he has invited me back for Bayerischer Brotzeit (a Bavaria meal consisting of bread and cold cuts/cheese, etc). So that’s something to look forward to when I return to Bavaria in November.