This is a great video of the Danube cycling path! I'm working on getting my cycling skills up to a level where I could do just the Melk to Krems part as a day trip with my son. I'd also love to do the Schlögl Schlingen hike on a different trip. I never realized how beautiful that bend could be! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Lisa: Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the film. Just doing part of it would be great and that’s a really nice section. The hike was pretty steep but not too long but the views were breathtaking looking down at that huge bend- the sharpest curve in the entire river. Hope you have a chance to go and thanks again for watching.
Enjoyed your video. My wife and I along with another couple are doing a bike and barge along the Danube this July. Your video gave me a good idea what to expect. Thank You
Ed Gardner Thanks so much for watching our movie. I’m excited for your upcoming journey. It’s so beautiful on the river there and have a wonderful trip.
Excelent Video..!! Smooth, steady shots, very enjoyable to watch, congratulations guys, I'm definitely longing to watch more videos from you..!! Awesome route..!!
Nivardo Flores Perez Thank you very much for your kind comments about our movie. I appreciate you taking time to watch and glad to hear that you enjoyed watching it and all my best to you.
Thank you for such a fun video! We're (husband and me) headed there mid September to cycle just from Linz to Vienna. Watching your video makes us look forward to it even more.
Sharon Hanes - so excited about your trip- Linz was our favorite city. The cycling is so beautiful along the river. You are going to have so many memories from your adventure. Bon voyage.
I really enjoyed watching this video. I need to find myself a second job to be able to afford a trip like this. And someone to go with, but it is on my bucket list now.
Thanks so much for watching and glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I was fortunate to be able to go with my daughter. We had a great time. I certainly hope you get your resources and so forth together to be able to go because it’s a great journey.
Digital Nomad Thanks very much for watching. We were headed to Scotland this summer but put that on hold with this virus situation. Would’ve been my first time there.
Beautiful scenery, beautiful music, great filming - really enjoyable! I'm amazed your camera was safe when you filmed the scene cycling away from the camera in Linz at 8:27
Thanks very much for watching and glad you enjoyed it. We were lucky to go. Honestly I thought about my camera for the entire 15 seconds that I rode away from it and then I turned around quickly and looked back to see that it was still there and I thought if someone was running off with it I could probably bike right after them and get it but fortunately I didn’t have to.
Excellent video Ken. I like how you showed the actual route from bike trail to city riding. You mentioned going through a lot of small towns and made me think about how much cash I should have on hand for places that don't take credit cards, any suggestions on that?
Thanks so much for watching. One thing we noticed in Austria is very few places took credit cards even some of the nicer restaurants and they weren’t a lot of cash machines along the route. I would plan on bringing more cash than you normally would just for that reason. Once you get to Vienna then of course it’s fine but in the small towns you don’t have a lot of options
Hey Ken, lovely video. What was your starting point? Did you hire your bikes locally and drop them off at a different location? How many days did the trip take you? Many thanks
Thanks for watching the film. We started in the German city of Passau. We rented our bikes there and we turned them in at Vienna. We took six days and it would’ve been nice to have a couple of free days to spend a little more time seeing some of the sites but it worked out.
I had to think about this one. We rode the train from Krems to Tulln. Tulln had a really interesting ecological garden there, which we toured and continued cycling. I hope you have a great trip and thanks for watching.
Ken - thank you for a great video. We're thinking of riding the Danube cycleway in 2019. From your video it sound slike you might be in the Seattle area - any chance you would have time to talk about your trip? Thanks Michael & Joan Collins
Ken, we live in the Ballard area - my email address is jmcollins86@hotmail.com I'm retired so have a fairly flexible schedule to either get together or talk by phone. My wife still works part time till mid October when she goes full-time till we leave in June. Michael
Hi Ken and Caroline, Thanks for posting the video - it is inspiring and we certainly want to do it soon now. We are vegan, and I heard Caroline mention of a vegan restaurant along the way. Did you guys have recommendations of vegan restaurants that you've found along the way? Thanks!
Chinmay Patel Thanks for watching the video and I’m glad to hear that you are going to do it as well. Following one of the most famous rivers in the world is really a great place to generate a lot of memories especially in those beautiful small Austrian towns. I have to be honest and let you know that being a vegan is tough in Austria. Caroline prefers that but will eat non-vegan food on occasion. Somehow just about every dish that’s offered in Austria is based on ham of some sort prepared in various ways and it was really tough to find food for her. We stumbled on that restaurant in the city of Krems and she was over the moon excited to have some first class vegan food but that was really the only place on the trip. It was almost impossible to find vegan food during the cycling along the river where they just had very small shops or a few seat restaurants.Also we were surprised along the route how few restaurants took credit cards. There was one restaurant that had a 12 page menu and waiters wearing white shirts and they accepted cash only and it was kind of a challenge to find cash machines so I would keep that in mind. Cycling along a wide bike path with no cars for so many miles is just an incredible treat so I’m sure you’ll have an amazing time but you may have to do some planning for your diet. Good luck!
2allure Thanks for watching. I would start in Passaic because the first couple of days are really the prettiest and Passaic is a wonderful small city to explore... as well as Linz.
2allure We went with an organized tour who had arranged all the hotels in advance so I don’t know the cost of the hotels since it was a package price. It was very nice to have a shower and a good meal in a restaurant once we got there. We went with Mac Adventures.
Excellent cinematography Ken! It clearly took some choreography and planning. Did you have a 'selfie stick' with tripod? Was this with your cell phone or a digital video camera. Very impressed with the quality and content. Congrats on a great job!
Thank you. Yes, it takes a lot of planning to make these videos and more than once we had to go back to get the correct shot. I used a lollipod tripod that I ordered from the UK and for this ride I had a Panasonic Lumix pocket camera which as you can see took great video. The lollipod was set up as tripod for a few of the shots we were both in and its so light I use it like a selfie stick, just holding it out in front of me. If you fold it down its like having a 12 inch handle which you can use as a type of stabilizer and the camera itself had a built in stabilizer and then my software further helped with that. My daughter was a trooper...always needed a morning shot, so I rode ahead, set up the tripod, rode back, rode towards the camera with her, stopped after we passed the camera, went back to get the camera and then rode on for the day.The shot of us high on the embankment took the longest with me having to hike down the hill to the bottom and set it up and retrieve it after, but I really liked the way it turned out. I also enjoyed the images of cycling through the wine region, I think it showed exactly how it looked going through those old beautiful towns. Thanks again for you kind words and for viewing.
Ken, Great video! Where did you start out ? Also were you happy with the people you rented your bikes from? Three of my best friends and I are doing this trip next Sept. or Oct. Thanks so much
Monte Whitefield Thanks very much for watching. We actually started out in Germany in the city of Passau at the confluence of two rivers. Really great city to explore. We attended their public market and bought some food and sat down by the river on the first day before we started cycling. Our bikes were fine. We never had any mechanical problems and when we picked them up they were ready to go and we just turned them in at our hotel in Vienna at the end. The seats were so comfortable I soon gave up my padded cycling shorts and just wore comfortable gym shorts which made the riding a lot more fun. One thing that surprised me was how few businesses along there accepted credit card they all wanted cash. We’re talking some very nice restaurants with large menus and waiters dressed in black-and-white. There weren’t a lot of cash machines on the route so I would probably bring more cash. Also if you are a vegetarian it’s challenging to find vegetarian food as Caroline talked about so you might have to do some planning there. Hope you have a fabulous trip.
@@kenwilliams12 Thank you very much for the information. I've lived in Europe for many years and knew about the cash. For me and my buddies, it's meat meat meat, we are all about the Brats! Question: what did you do with your luggage you used to fly over? Also where did you take the train?
Monte Whitefield We carried the stuff we needed today in those bike bags on the back. We had a service who would pick up our suitcases and drive them to the next hotel so when we got there they were waiting for us in the lobby
Yes - we took a bus out of town at the start of the ride picked up our bikes and rode them down the hill picked up some fruit and sandwiches at a local market ate them along the river and then started our journey the next day
Alison Lucas I was an exchange student to Germany in high school and that’s right picked it up. I would eat that way here in the United States but everybody would think there’s something wrong with me but it really makes great sense
Kevin I lived in Germany for many years! I would go in May or Sept. Oct. I'm going to do this with some friends in Sept. or Oct! Less crowds and still really nice weather. Hope this helps
So you guys, I did do this trip 2019/August. Spectacular from Schlogen-Linz. And the orchards from Wallsee--Adagar side of river were aromatic with fermenting fruit on the ground. Soaked all afternoon in river at Durnstein in 90 degree heat. We flew Munich. Train to Passau, bike to Tuln, train last 20 miles to Vienna. Biked to hotel, dropped off bikes, 2 days Vienna in 90+ degree heat was wonderful. Short air flight back to Munich for flight back home. One of the coolest trips I've done ever. Nothing better than stopping at small mom/pop villas to eat and snack along the beautiful river at our leisure. A trip I'll never forget and reminisce of often!
Great video. Must have been a lot of effort getting those staged clips - placing camera, cycling forward and back and retrieving the camera. I tried that a couple of times and I gave up. :-))
You’re exactly right. It does take a lot of time and doubling back in etc. but in the end it’s worth it because I think it makes a much better film. Just takes extra effort. Thanks so much for watching and your comment.
Speaking of the Danube, Bulgarians still celebrate Finns as heroes who saved their country from the Turkish invasion. Check the comments to this video. czcams.com/video/1nehkhIOa-0/video.html
This is a great video of the Danube cycling path! I'm working on getting my cycling skills up to a level where I could do just the Melk to Krems part as a day trip with my son. I'd also love to do the Schlögl Schlingen hike on a different trip. I never realized how beautiful that bend could be! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Lisa: Thanks for the kind words and glad you enjoyed the film. Just doing part of it would be great and that’s a really nice section. The hike was pretty steep but not too long but the views were breathtaking looking down at that huge bend- the sharpest curve in the entire river. Hope you have a chance to go and thanks again for watching.
Enjoyed your video. My wife and I along with another couple are doing a bike and barge along the Danube this July. Your video gave me a good idea what to expect. Thank You
Ed Gardner Thanks so much for watching our movie. I’m excited for your upcoming journey. It’s so beautiful on the river there and have a wonderful trip.
Excelent Video..!! Smooth, steady shots, very enjoyable to watch, congratulations guys, I'm definitely longing to watch more videos from you..!! Awesome route..!!
Nivardo Flores Perez Thank you very much for your kind comments about our movie. I appreciate you taking time to watch and glad to hear that you enjoyed watching it and all my best to you.
Thank you for such a fun video! We're (husband and me) headed there mid September to cycle just from Linz to Vienna. Watching your video makes us look forward to it even more.
Sharon Hanes - so excited about your trip- Linz was our favorite city. The cycling is so beautiful along the river. You are going to have so many memories from your adventure. Bon voyage.
Great...it was very hot when we were there. I think September is an ideal time too go. Have a wonderful visit!
@@kenwilliams12 great video ! greetings from linz!
michi386 Thanks for watching. We really enjoyed your city sitting out in the main courtyard in the nice weather after dinner.
I love and miss this music composition
Thanks so much for watching!
thank for a wonderful video, my friends and I are planning to ride from Linz to Passau in this coming summer. your video will help us a lot.
Its a great trip and I hope you all have a fantastic time. Thanks for watching.
you will look back on this ride as heaven itself
sohow soon Thank you - it was a fantastic trip
thanks for video. It's very good, I am taking a tour throw Austria starting from next week and one part will be this, just in opposite direction.
as a viennese, thanks for coming and putting up this video.
We definitely enjoyed your beautiful country!
Lazar- Thanks for the feedback and I am excited for your journey - it's so beautiful on the river. Have a great time!
finished. it was great
Hi. Did you use eurovelo routes?
@@lazarsjojic Glad to hear that you finished the trip. Hope it was amazing.
I really enjoyed watching this video. I need to find myself a second job to be able to afford a trip like this. And someone to go with, but it is on my bucket list now.
Thanks so much for watching and glad to hear that you enjoyed it. I was fortunate to be able to go with my daughter. We had a great time. I certainly hope you get your resources and so forth together to be able to go because it’s a great journey.
I love the violin music,,,,,
It is pretty isn’t it. Thanks for watching.
With respect to U2, this is better! I love this music!
Where did you start and end and how many days? Did you book through a tour company (self-guided)?
So nice to see you and your Daughter/Grandaughter having a great tour.
Stuart D Woods Thank you for watching. That was my daughter and I am lucky that we are able to spend that time together.
You must mean him and his younger sister. :)
Greetings from the UK.Great & relaxing video 👌👍
Digital Nomad Thanks very much for watching. We were headed to Scotland this summer but put that on hold with this virus situation. Would’ve been my first time there.
Thank you! That's pleasant to watch! ❤☺
Grey eyed Nicolas Thank you for watching the film and your kind words. We had a great time.
Beautiful scenery, beautiful music, great filming - really enjoyable!
I'm amazed your camera was safe when you filmed the scene cycling away from the camera in Linz at 8:27
Thanks very much for watching and glad you enjoyed it. We were lucky to go. Honestly I thought about my camera for the entire 15 seconds that I rode away from it and then I turned around quickly and looked back to see that it was still there and I thought if someone was running off with it I could probably bike right after them and get it but fortunately I didn’t have to.
Wow... !!! My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks Have a happy day!
Thank you for watching our film and I’m happy to hear that you enjoyed it.
loved every second of this vid!
geo dezix Thank you for taking time to watch this. We had a great time.
Great video and well shot.
Thanks very much 👍
Thanks so much for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it. We had a great time here
Journey along the flowing heaven... Hope once i will do so
Subhajit Debnath Thanks very much for watching the film.
Excellent video Ken. I like how you showed the actual route from bike trail to city riding. You mentioned going through a lot of small towns and made me think about how much cash I should have on hand for places that don't take credit cards, any suggestions on that?
Thanks so much for watching. One thing we noticed in Austria is very few places took credit cards even some of the nicer restaurants and they weren’t a lot of cash machines along the route. I would plan on bringing more cash than you normally would just for that reason. Once you get to Vienna then of course it’s fine but in the small towns you don’t have a lot of options
@@kenwilliams12 Thanks for that feedback. I'm glad I asked, that will go on the to bring list!
Hey Ken, lovely video. What was your starting point? Did you hire your bikes locally and drop them off at a different location? How many days did the trip take you? Many thanks
Thanks for watching the film. We started in the German city of Passau. We rented our bikes there and we turned them in at Vienna. We took six days and it would’ve been nice to have a couple of free days to spend a little more time seeing some of the sites but it worked out.
@@kenwilliams12 gentleman, we are inspired and may follow your route this summer. Thanks
Very sweet trip and video!
Thanks very much for watching and appreciate the kind words
Very nice beautiful lovely day
Yes, we were fortunate to have good weather although a couple of days near the end were actually really hot almost too hot
Hi ken. Do you remember which station do you take the train and get off which station? I will do the same trip as you do. Thanks
I had to think about this one. We rode the train from Krems to Tulln. Tulln had a really interesting ecological garden there, which we toured and continued cycling. I hope you have a great trip and thanks for watching.
Ken - thank you for a great video. We're thinking of riding the Danube cycleway in 2019. From your video it sound slike you might be in the Seattle area - any chance you would have time to talk about your trip?
Thanks
Michael & Joan Collins
Michael Collins Thanks for watching. Sure I would be glad to talk with you about the trip. Just let me know when and where etc.
Ken, we live in the Ballard area - my email address is jmcollins86@hotmail.com
I'm retired so have a fairly flexible schedule to either get together or talk by phone. My wife still works part time till mid October when she goes full-time till we leave in June.
Michael
Lovely video, looks like you guys had a great time
We did have a great time. It’s one of the best bike trails in Europe if not the world. Thanks so much for watching.
Hi Ken and Caroline, Thanks for posting the video - it is inspiring and we certainly want to do it soon now. We are vegan, and I heard Caroline mention of a vegan restaurant along the way. Did you guys have recommendations of vegan restaurants that you've found along the way? Thanks!
Chinmay Patel Thanks for watching the video and I’m glad to hear that you are going to do it as well. Following one of the most famous rivers in the world is really a great place to generate a lot of memories especially in those beautiful small Austrian towns. I have to be honest and let you know that being a vegan is tough in Austria. Caroline prefers that but will eat non-vegan food on occasion. Somehow just about every dish that’s offered in Austria is based on ham of some sort prepared in various ways and it was really tough to find food for her. We stumbled on that restaurant in the city of Krems and she was over the moon excited to have some first class vegan food but that was really the only place on the trip. It was almost impossible to find vegan food during the cycling along the river where they just had very small shops or a few seat restaurants.Also we were surprised along the route how few restaurants took credit cards. There was one restaurant that had a 12 page menu and waiters wearing white shirts and they accepted cash only and it was kind of a challenge to find cash machines so I would keep that in mind. Cycling along a wide bike path with no cars for so many miles is just an incredible treat so I’m sure you’ll have an amazing time but you may have to do some planning for your diet. Good luck!
Hello. I plan to go this route as well. Should I start in Passau or Linz?? Thx!
2allure Thanks for watching. I would start in Passaic because the first couple of days are really the prettiest and Passaic is a wonderful small city to explore... as well as Linz.
@@kenwilliams12 Thank you!!
@@kenwilliams12 Have you had any problem to find accomodation? Did you sleep at campsites as well or just in hotels? How much was hotels? Thank you
2allure We went with an organized tour who had arranged all the hotels in advance so I don’t know the cost of the hotels since it was a package price. It was very nice to have a shower and a good meal in a restaurant once we got there. We went with Mac Adventures.
Hi Ken, Thank you so much for your reply.
Amazing!
Michael: Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment.
Excellent cinematography Ken! It clearly took some choreography and planning. Did you have a 'selfie stick' with tripod? Was this with your cell phone or a digital video camera. Very impressed with the quality and content. Congrats on a great job!
Thank you. Yes, it takes a lot of planning to make these videos and more than once we had to go back to get the correct shot. I used a lollipod tripod that I ordered from the UK and for this ride I had a Panasonic Lumix pocket camera which as you can see took great video. The lollipod was set up as tripod for a few of the shots we were both in and its so light I use it like a selfie stick, just holding it out in front of me. If you fold it down its like having a 12 inch handle which you can use as a type of stabilizer and the camera itself had a built in stabilizer and then my software further helped with that. My daughter was a trooper...always needed a morning shot, so I rode ahead, set up the tripod, rode back, rode towards the camera with her, stopped after we passed the camera, went back to get the camera and then rode on for the day.The shot of us high on the embankment took the longest with me having to hike down the hill to the bottom and set it up and retrieve it after, but I really liked the way it turned out. I also enjoyed the images of cycling through the wine region, I think it showed exactly how it looked going through those old beautiful towns. Thanks again for you kind words and for viewing.
Ken, Great video! Where did you start out ? Also were you happy with the people you rented your bikes from? Three of my best friends and I are doing this trip next Sept. or Oct. Thanks so much
Monte Whitefield Thanks very much for watching. We actually started out in Germany in the city of Passau at the confluence of two rivers. Really great city to explore. We attended their public market and bought some food and sat down by the river on the first day before we started cycling. Our bikes were fine. We never had any mechanical problems and when we picked them up they were ready to go and we just turned them in at our hotel in Vienna at the end. The seats were so comfortable I soon gave up my padded cycling shorts and just wore comfortable gym shorts which made the riding a lot more fun. One thing that surprised me was how few businesses along there accepted credit card they all wanted cash. We’re talking some very nice restaurants with large menus and waiters dressed in black-and-white. There weren’t a lot of cash machines on the route so I would probably bring more cash. Also if you are a vegetarian it’s challenging to find vegetarian food as Caroline talked about so you might have to do some planning there. Hope you have a fabulous trip.
@@kenwilliams12 Thank you very much for the information. I've lived in Europe for many years and knew about the cash. For me and my buddies, it's meat meat meat, we are all about the Brats!
Question: what did you do with your luggage you used to fly over? Also where did you take the train?
Monte Whitefield We carried the stuff we needed today in those bike bags on the back. We had a service who would pick up our suitcases and drive them to the next hotel so when we got there they were waiting for us in the lobby
Make that 4 buddies now! Just booked our airplane tickets! Can't wait! We're calling ourselves The Rolling Bones!
@@kenwilliams12 Well buddy we did it and it was amazing! May do it again next year! You video really helped!
Nice video!
John Noonan Thanks for watching
Butifull place! 😁
Hrvoje Bartolin It is beautiful and thanks for watching
Nice video! What's the background music?
It’s an orchestral version of a U2 song called Beautiful Day.
@@kenwilliams12 thank you!
Actually the song by U2 is called “With or Without You”
@@MrRunfluid Thank you!
Did you rent the bikes
Yes - we took a bus out of town at the start of the ride picked up our bikes and rode them down the hill picked up some fruit and sandwiches at a local market ate them along the river and then started our journey the next day
Danke man
Who taught how to hold a knife and fork
Alison Lucas I was an exchange student to Germany in high school and that’s right picked it up. I would eat that way here in the United States but everybody would think there’s something wrong with me but it really makes great sense
Thank you for watching the film
If you could go again...what month best for cycling weather?
Hard to say. The weather was great just unusually hot. I might back it up a month to early or mid May.
From may to October
Kevin I lived in Germany for many years! I would go in May or Sept. Oct. I'm going to do this with some friends in Sept. or Oct! Less crowds and still really nice weather. Hope this helps
So you guys, I did do this trip 2019/August. Spectacular from Schlogen-Linz. And the orchards from Wallsee--Adagar side of river were aromatic with fermenting fruit on the ground. Soaked all afternoon in river at Durnstein in 90 degree heat.
We flew Munich. Train to Passau, bike to Tuln, train last 20 miles to Vienna. Biked to hotel, dropped off bikes, 2 days Vienna in 90+ degree heat was wonderful. Short air flight back to Munich for flight back home.
One of the coolest trips I've done ever. Nothing better than stopping at small mom/pop villas to eat and snack along the beautiful river at our leisure.
A trip I'll never forget and reminisce of often!
Great video. Must have been a lot of effort getting those staged clips - placing camera, cycling forward and back and retrieving the camera. I tried that a couple of times and I gave up. :-))
You’re exactly right. It does take a lot of time and doubling back in etc. but in the end it’s worth it because I think it makes a much better film. Just takes extra effort. Thanks so much for watching and your comment.
I hope 🙏 I wish to come to this place
Thank you for watching the film and I hope you get to go there one day
Speaking of the Danube, Bulgarians still celebrate Finns as heroes who saved their country from the Turkish invasion. Check the comments to this video. czcams.com/video/1nehkhIOa-0/video.html
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I likes them vayners.