Slept well and up early, packing all my stuff up but leaving the tent up which was handy as it torrential rain started to hit and it was forecast to remain that way all day as well.
As I was sitting in the covered restaurant area deciding what to do, I got chatting to Michael who was the first English speaker I have met thus far since Alan. We both decided it was a wash out, so I decided to just stay another day in Passau.
The campsite was at the base of Saint Georgsberg mountain. At its summit was Veste Oberhaus, a 13th Century fortress which served as the Bishop of Passau's palace, but now was an open air theatre / museum / youth hostel with a viewing platform and generally just a landmark of Passau. More recently, it was here that the Hitler Youth used to congregate which I find a bit creepy.
Anyway, we decided we may as well shoot up, take a look and the views were indeed pretty awesome.
Then we headed back down hill to check out Saint Stephen's Cathedral in all it's fabulously over the top baroque swirls and curls.
The interior was off the scale and I remember how Simon had mentioned it had been (still was?) the largest church organ in the world with close to 18 000 pipes, but sadly noone was playing. Still, definitely worth the entry price, I thought.
Good to do a bit of sightseeing with someone else and to finally get a bite to eat in a decent place with company.
Weather wise, it cleared up during the middle of the day and then night-time brought more downpours, but as nice as Passau was, I was not intending to spend another day there tomorrow so it had better dry up.
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