My Regensburg Year Part 3: October 2024
It’s October in Regensburg and the weather is finally becoming seasonal. Long gone now are the heat waves of August and September; we have even turned on the heat a few times. For some reason, the colder weather does not deter Regensburg natives and tourists from sitting outside at the restaurants and cafés. Perhaps the opportunity to smoke while drinking is more important than bodily warmth.
The big event for us this month was our second visit from home, this time in the form of my daughters Sophie and Meghan, along with Meghan’s boyfriend Kevin. Sophie arrived first and we took her to Salzburg overnight and to Dachau. Once Meghan and Kevin arrived, we all took a trip to Weltenberg Monastery in nearby Kelheim. Access to the monastery is via a scenic boat ride or a 5 km hike. There is not a lot to see at the monastery—it has a Biergarten serving the monastery’s own brews, a church, and a chapel; the scenery en route is really the appeal. Before long, Meghan and Kevin journeyed on to Prague and Sophie headed home to Canada. We were left once again to ourselves, but the travelling continued with another trip to Weltenberg (this time with our neighbours Sam and Roxanne, and by foot rather than by boat) and to Landshut. We were really not optimistic about Landshut, having been stuck there for a while on our way back from Hallstatt in September. But once you get away from the train station …