{"id":4252,"date":"2024-07-21T13:53:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2024-07-21T13:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T11:53:30","slug":"day-trip-to-weltenburg-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/21\/day-trip-to-weltenburg-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Day-trip to Weltenburg: Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mr Radish has relatives in Berlin who take a Bavarian vacation every summer, and we take his folks out to meet up with them for a day. This year we went to Kelheim<\/a>, and took a ship ride down the Donau<\/a> to the Benedictine Abbey of Weltenburg<\/a>. It’s the longest-running monastery brewery in the world (the monastery at Weihenstephan<\/a> was dissolved in 1803). Try the Barock Dunkel, it’s one of my absolute favorites.

They’re not great pictures, but this is an extremely interesting corner of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the dock, the Befreiungshalle<\/a><\/em>, a memorial erected by Ludwig I<\/a> to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon. Maybe the weather will hold.
July 2024
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This stretch of the Donau (Danube), the “Weltenburg Narrows”<\/a>, is a national nature monument, full of cliffs and caves, and a popular day-trip destination for families as well as outdoor enthusiasts.

If you want good pictures, you need better weather and equipment than I had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I complain about the white balance on my camera a lot, but the sky really was that weird color on this day.
You photograph what’s in front of you.
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Looking back on our ship.
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First, most important thing first: to the Biergarten<\/em>, for our bodily well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bears don’t understand why anyone would put vegetables on a Wurstsalat<\/em>, and frankly, neither do I.
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Then a little exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In heaven there *is* beer!
The brewhouse is right there in the Kloster.
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The church in the Abbey was decorated by the Asam Brothers<\/a>, who decorated the Freisinger Dom and the Asamkirche in Munich among many other churches in Bavaria and Austria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dome of the church.
July 2024
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I really liked the use of natural light behind the main altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Georg.
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Memento Mori, Your Excellency.
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When the rain became annoying, we headed back to Kelheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abbey in the rain.
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