McLays in Europe

Two days of resting around the house at Schöfweg was needed following the busy schedules since departing Alice Springs. Then we decided that we needed to hire a car to enable us to see the sights and then jouney on to our next destination at Fishbachau closer to Munich. We planned to go via bus to Passau but the bus did not arrive so we instead hailed a cab to Deggendorf and experienced our first real problem of conversing with a cab driver who thought we were from another planet. However, with the use of our German-English Dictionary we managed to find Europecar and a great little sporty Nissan. Ian had his first expereince with a left hand drive vehicle and managed to get it back to Schöfweg without incident. The next day was our first day of rain and we needed to buy some coats and strong shoes to keep us warm and dry. We travelled to Tittling to see an outdoor Museum collection of very old buildings which had provisions for animals to live under the main roof and huge stoves as the central core of the building for heating, cooking. This museum set the scene of the past Bavaria and the hardships that people encountered in their daily lives.