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Public Viewing EURO 2008

Yesterday after work we took our bicycles and rode to Kulper Hütte, a beautiful beergarden at the river Wertach. We actually went there to have some food, ended up eating a Steckerlfisch (smoked fish) and watched a EURO 2008 soccer match (Sweden vs. Netherlands, pretty lame match actually). Either way, the beergarden was super nice and the fish very tasty :)

Via Claudia Augusta

My longest bicycle ride ever has taken us today from Augsburg to Landsberg. 42 kilometers along the "Via Claudia Augusta", the ancient Roman road that led from the Po River lowlands and the Adriatic Sea all the way to Bavaria and the Danube.

Here's some history:
"It all began in 15 B.C. when the Roman General Drusus the Elder, the adopted son of Augustus, decided to open a passage through the Alps for the military incursions in Rhaetia-Vindelicia and in the Noricum, today known as Austria. The immense job of building the road was completed 60 years later in 46-47 A.D. by Drusus’s son, Emperor Claudius (41-54 A.D.), to connect people and goods between the Adriatic Sea and the Po  (...)"

And here are the pics. Next time I need to remember to take my Canon EOS30D with me ... please excuse the 3MP cell phone quality :)

Pusteblumen



Landsberg

Banana Royal :)