Sankt Agatha - arrived 13th May 2022 left 20th May 2022

 In the last post I mentioned a list, well we know this place had a lot on the list but no supermarket and it's 10 kms from the nearest town so we stocked up on food to last a week.

Once we arrived at the marina and was shown to our berth we found out the WiFi doesn't reach the dock. We talked to some of the locals on the same arm to find out the WiFi only reaches the docks close to the office and they are only for the small sport boats.

We are committed to stay for the week so we will make the most of it, as it does have a Washing machine and drier.

In our berth, time to relax

First night at the marina, we are having dinner at the pub, Pizza and Wine.

Goodnight

15th May we are going to walk up the hill to the look out to the U turn in the Danube River

Heading off track to have a drink

Started at the bottom at 8:23 reached the lookout at 9:03, 40 minutes all up hill about a 20% incline.

In this photo you can see the Marina on the left, you won't be able to see our boat, but you can see the arm we are on, it's the last one.

On the 16th May, our neighbours offered to take us to the town to a supermarket, then they showed us Haibach ob der Donau at favourite place of theirs.

The following photos are of various days of the Marine and surrounding area

Turns out this area use to hold a castle with an internal area of 0.8 hectares, the camp is referred to as a small fort and was allowed to have been laid out for a crew of 100 to 150 men. A 1.65 m thick wall with a horizon battlement only surrounds the rectangular complex. The west of the finds showed that the castle was built around the 5th century. Below is part of the Castle foundation they know about.

Last night we went to the restaurant at the hotel near the Marina, while there a Cruise ship came along, below is the video of them following the u turn in the river.

Goodbye Sankt Agatha

View of the Marina from the water

Motor Yacht Club Kachlet

This Marina did have much better showers then some of the others we have stayed at, the supermarket is under 1 km walk, over a bridge to Aschach, it did have WiFi so I did get a little work done, so we stayed 2 nights. We now have a list we would like the places to have where we stay:

• Berth Size
• WiFi
• Shower
• Electricity
• Water
• Supermarket
• Laundry; and 
• Cost.
• So far, no one has had everything on the Danube River, when we find such a place we will stay for longer then a week. 

Now this we have seen around the bike tracks, it's a bike repair station. The green stand has tools, a pump and a place to raise your bike while working on it. The orange box contains different size bike tubes you can purchase.

Linz

We had high hopes for this marina, but when we got there we found out they don't have WiFi, it is 1.6kms walk to the supermarket and the shower (yes one shower) wasn't one of the best, it's in the top 5 of the worst. There was a bus into Linz town center only 500mtrs away, which we took on our second day, to pickup some parcels Martin had ordered from Amazon, hired some bikes to ride to the other side of Linz to the Amazon parcel lockers, twice. Had lunch in town and saw the town before hopping on the bus back. 

The following morning we walked the 1.6km which took about 25mins, shopped and walked back. Then left town. 

11th May heading out of Linz, a new bridge been built. 

 

Au an der Donau

Finally found a marina with WiFi, the supermarket is 3 kms away but the marina has 2 bikes we can use. There is a camping ground close so hopefully we can use their laundromat. We will stay here for 6 days and catch up on work.

Entering town

Photos from our morning walks

Last day, 8th May Mothers day, laundry then Martin took me out for lunch. 

 

Grein

Walk around town

The town Easter egg tree, it's known as Ostereierbaum. The town decorate it with colour cloth. In the home they decorate the tress with eggs, plastic, wooded, real or painted.

Entering Grein, I know it should be first, bit our internet is not the best at the moment.

Good bye Grein

Random photos on our way to Grein

At Saint Nikola, don't usually see a wall on the edge of the Danube River.

 

Marbach an der Donau

Stayed one night in Marbach, was chosen because it had a supermarket and a camp ground near by with a laundromat that we could use. No WiFi or we would have stayed longer. A lovely little village.

We were too big and heavy for the normal dock. We were asked to tie up to an old barge, all good but we were close to the entrance of the marina, so all the commercial ships and cruise ship that passed through the night and our boat would rock and then we would get the slapping from the wake between the barge and Sun Chi. Not the best night sleep. Just as well we had already decided not to stay longer.

You can see our roof  in this shot

This shot you can see the entrance into the marina, and how close we are to the opening. Not much cover.