I think almost all of us woke up between 1 and 2am and had varied results getting back to sleep. We went up for breakfast at 7:45 and just beat the rush. At 9am we had a walking tour of Passau for 90 min. Our guide was fine, but not great. They do have very cool Quietvox devices that you register with your guide and then can hear him talking in your own ear piece as you walk around. He took us through town, showed us where multiple high water marks are from the floods, and talked about how Passau is the city of 3 rivers. We dropped off the tour about 15 min early to walk up to the fortress. 250ish steps and then a beautiful panoramic view of the city. And you could see the color difference of the two main rivers - the one coming out of the Alps has a lot of limestone sediment and is lighter in color.
After we hiked back down, we sat and had a beer. Then we walked around town a bit looking for an ATM and some wine to bring back to the boat. We were successful on the later. Wine is cheap - 4 bottles and a Toblerone bar for ~$35. Oysters and us had lunch on the ship (I had an open face bacon/cheese/avocado/tomato sandwich, Jeff had a burger) and during lunch they cast off for Austria. I can always tell when we pass a border because I get a text from T-Mobile saying “welcome to Austria!” and explaining the international plan we have.
After lunch we took our wine up to the deck and got prime seats for the afternoon of sailing. We went through 3 sets of locks. Saw some gorgeous countryside.
Dinner for me was pork (super tender, almost like a roast). We crashed right after dinner (9pm), but I slept terribly … up multiple times and at one point gave up and read 150 pages of a new book.
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