We left Regensburg in the morning and obtained lifts to Passau, where we collected our mail from the post-office. After crossing the Danube into Austria we obtained a lift in a Volkswagen driven by a German-Austrian. After some few kilometres an old man cycled into our path, and was slightly injured. His family and neighbouring villagers became, naturally, somewhat apprehensive. We had to wait about three hours for the Austrian police to complete their investigations. By then it was far too late to reach the Youth Hostel at Linz, and too dark to find a camping site – so the driver took us to the Cistercian Monastery at Engelhartszell.
We were allowed to sleep on the floor in a room, which appeared to be a visitor waiting room with a marble floor. In the morning we were given breakfast of coffee, brown bread and butter by the same old monk who looked after us all the time, and who did not speak English. He was very old, indeed, and quite kind – he insisted on helping me on with my back pack before I left.
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