Monday 22 April 2024

We docked at 9pm last night, having passed through two lochs. This is the first one.

And this is how far down we go. Long way.

Another 12 lochs between here and Budapest.

We sail by the Bavarian Forest

Linz looks more spectacular at night than during the day.

Another cold day but the temperature rose to 7 degrees eventually. The rain stayed at bay. We joined a walking tour, with our walkie no talkie again. Today’s leader talked more about himself than the city of Linz, which is the capital of Upper Austria. Hitler was brought up here. Not a good upbringing I reckon. This is the balcony from which Adolf made his famous 1938 speech announcing the union of Austria and Germany. A crowd of 250,000 cheered him on

Not a lot to see here and as it’s Monday the museum is closed. So we walked.

We chose to eat lunch in the Cafe Glockenspiel rather than return to the boat. We point at the menu items to order. Not sure what we ate but it was palatable enough.

Linz is where Anton Brukner was born and so the Brukner Music Academy is here. To celebrate his music there is a little on-board concert at 9pm with two local musicians, a flautist and classical guitarist. They open with Eine Kleiner Nacht Music. They play nothing by Brukner as far as I know.

The city seems happy to see us go