On the Romantic Road from Peiting to Klosterlechfeld
Sunday May 27, 2018
Breakfast in our hotel is excellent with all the trimmings and served with elegance. Altogether, Hotel Alpenblick Pfaffenwinkel is a well run hotel. Yesterday our bags were even carried up to our room for us, a much appreciated service!
Even the hotel has gone baroque.
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A candlelight breakfast
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Indoors as well as in the countryside, crucifixes are common - here in the breakfast room.
These gentlemen are in their traditional Bavarian Sunday best - on their way to church or the pub?
It's again warm and sunny. Today I make sure not to forget to put on sun screen. I have a bit of sunburn on my arms from yesterday. We have some more climbs in the Alpine foothills for a start. Our first stop is in Schongau, a small town with a lovely market place and historic buildings. Today we experience a market that takes place once a year, with venders from all parts of Bavaria.
On our way to Schongau we encounter a large construction site. The good news is that there is a temporary bridge for bicycles and we don't have to follow the long detour for motorized traffic.
Market is just being set up, it's still early-morning peaceful, the venders chat with us and tell us what it used to be like in the old days.
Church tower and flower stands at the market
In Schongau
Facades in Schongau
Leaving Schongau
A view of Schongau's rooftops
We move along at a slow pace, stopping often for photos.
My dictionary tells me this is called a hay tedder.
Beautifully crafted barn doors
In the course of the day, we cross the Lech five times. The first time was before Schongau, the second time involved a 15% climb of two kilometers, at least that's what the sign said. It was work, even on an e-bike. For us anyway. Before Landsberg our route follows the banks of the Lech. Again, I don't find the river path as pleasing as riding over the hills with open views to the horizon. It's Sunday and as we approach the town the number of cyclists and people our for a stroll increases.
Today is the hottest day so far and our first aim in Landsberg is to find a shady place to sit for lunch.
Today is the hottest day so far and our first aim in Landsberg is to find a shady place to sit for lunch.
Landsberg's Market Square. The fountain is a perfect place to sit with an icecream and cool off.
One of Landsberg's many beautiful facades
Cooling off
We now follow the Lech Bike Path until we reach our destination for the day, Klosterlechfeld, where we have booked a room for the night. There are signs for a bike path on either side of the river. It's hard to know which side will be better so we stay on the route I had planned at home, first on the left bank, then on the right. We cross the Lech a final time to get to Klosterlechfeld.
There weren't many people on this side of the Lech - I guess they knew which side was better.
Pilgrimage church in Klosterlechfeld, our last stop for the day - and of course it has a baroque interior.
Beautiful iron work on the door to the church
Close-up of the old iron lock on the door
After riding through resendential neighborhoods, we reach our hotel on the edge of town. We are in an area that was planned as a commercial zone with enormous parking lots, a department store that never opened, a pizzeria that had already closed and a general look of desolation. The hotel is nice enough but the location is anything but attractive. We find a place to eat within walking distance and call it a day.
The evening sky was lovely.