Kids, Kelheim and Kloster

For the past two days we have spent a lot of time in the nearby town of Kelheim.  We have actually been there once before to visit the Befreiungshälle.  But, Joe discovered a cute blue train called the Ludwigsbahn.  We told Henry "Look mom! It's Thomas!"we were going ride on Thomas the Train and he loved it!  We ate lunch in the center of the Kelheim old town at another outdoor café.

That was enough for one day, so we decided to return on Friday to ride the boat down the Danube river (Donau in German) from Kelheim to Weltenburg to visit the abbey there.  The Weltenburg Kloster is the world’s oldest still functioning abbey brewery, established in 1050 A.D..  In case you aren’t familiar with this, it is very common in Germany for monks to brew beer to raise money.  The abbey has a beautiful church, museum, a hill with a spectacular view of the Danube gorge, and a great restaurant to serve their guests (and their beer!).

Beautiful view of the Danube and the Befreiungshälle in the background.They also had a riverside outcropping made out of the smoothest, flattest, most beautiful rocks.  So what did we do?  What else?  We threw them into the water of course.  Henry was in heaven with rocks as far as he could see.  And these rocks were so perfect Joe could skip them countless times.  It was hard to drag ourselves back to the boat to return to Kelheim and back home.

We got lots of great pictures.  You can see some of the best ones in our gallery.

One Reply to “Kids, Kelheim and Kloster”

  1. Hello, Looks like a great time was had by all with the trains and the stones. You will all be experts when you come home-home!! Every kid’s dream and even their daddy’s dream. Love Mom

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