After yesterday’s bird’s eye perspective of the beautiful Bavarian city of Passau, today’s mission is to get down to street level. AND, most important of all, to show my food-adoring audience what we gorged ourselves on. If you can’t wait even a second longer – the cake’s at the very end 🙂
But let’s start with a bit of glamour. Passau has it:

Or maybe something (im)practical? This giant rucksack will accommodate three four-year-olds stacked on top of each other, plus a kitchen sink.

Statue of writer and poet Emerenz Meier, born 1874 near Passau, died 1928 in Chicago. There was a touching poem on the plaque below, which made the point that, had she not been lumbered with female domestic responsibilities, she would probably have been as famous as Goethe or Schiller.
OK. You’ve made it to this point, so you’ve earned yourself a hearty meal. And CAKE!
Everyone satisfied…?
Goodness, yes! Oh dear, I’m drooling a little.
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Well, it’s kind of dinner time 🙂
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Well, now you’re just showing off and rubbing it in!
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I did warn you 😉
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Oh, what a pretty place. And the cake!
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I knew that would get you… 😉
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That pork dish… YUM! And don’t get me started on the desserts.
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They do pork very well here. And as for the cakes… DIVINE!
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Oh my, what a tease…I love Spätzle, and the Apricot quark strudel looks great….but on my current régime I can have neither.
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You can – as long as it’s strictly blog food 🙂
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😀
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What are two Russians doing in the first shot? 😉
Jesus, that food looks delicious!
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They are definitely NOT German, those two 😉
Don’t mention it… am getting hungry again!
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I’d be eating non-stop if I had that kind of food available! 🙂
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huh, that’s something new to me. I’ve never seen a golden retriever this literary golden. Did those (most probably Russian) ladies took it for a walk or something?
And I’m blaming you for a Doberman sized drool pool on my floor… Where do one gets cake this good at 11pm?
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That golden doggie belonged to the shop in front… I wish I’d taken a picture of the golden gnome in the window!
I recommend a weekend break in Passau. It’s small, and walkable, and it seemed like there was great food everywhere 🙂
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Well I loved the chicken! I wish we had one just like it at the beginning of our driveway. And I was taken with the story of Emerenz Meier – so looked her up in Wikipedia, there is nearly nothing there. So glad in the days of the blog, women’s voices can be widely published, and “household burdens” can be reduced to “eating cake”
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That sure is one fine chicken, and it would have a rollicking ol’ time in Fiji 🙂
I don’t think EM’s works have been translated into other languages… but I could be wrong.
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The churches, street scenes and other pics look sumptuous! The tower pic (see the water line in the flood?) below Ms Meier tells us much about that city’s history, dependence on the rivers, etc…
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With three rivers, they sure get a lot of flooding. Makes you think twice about moving there, doesn’t it?! But then again, the cake was really excellent…
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What excellent photos! And now, I know what Spätzle is (are?)
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I think they only exist in the plural – interesting point 😉
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Sort of like ‘spaghetti’, I’ve never heard that in the singular either.
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Actually, spaghetti is always singular, never plural – though I hadn’t thought of it. e.g. the spaghetti IS better than the salad “Spaghetti” alone refers to a plate of -, serving of – package of – OR (sorry to gross us out) can of – Plural would be “spaghetti noodles” , e.g. the spaghetti noodles ARE stuck together again.. If I’d paid more attention in grammar class I would have the fancy terminology to explain it with.
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I love those sorts of factoids 🙂
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I think the city looks so charming! I would go there for the quirky streets over the food… looks waaaay too rich =D
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Germany isn’t known for its light cuisine 😉
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I didn’t expect the quirkiness though!
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My favorite is the one with someone’s nose on the right side of the photo.
The last one with your brother going down the winding road is also great…. love the sign on the top left. What does it say?
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Hi there! Long time no see 😉
No idea what the sign says, it’s a bit degraded, and I didn’t pay attention to it at the time.
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Hi lady! Trying my best to keep up 😉 Enjoying the mild summer here is all 🙂
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Same here. Toledo’s 45 degrees would have killed me. Much better in Germany 🙂
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Nothing like a big red cock in the foreground of a photo to make it stand out. That one is my favourite, too! Do I also see a chocolate éclair in the cake selection? Those are my favourites!
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Yes, it’s kind of like a flat chocolate eclair!
I knew you’d love that cock…
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I’ve never been to Passau. It looks pretty 🙂
Mmmm, Spätzle! And Strudel! The raspberry cake looks yummy, too.
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Looks like it’s really fussy to make, that one!
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Loved this “street-eye” view with all of the little details. And you saved dessert for last–now I’m drooling over that apricot-quark strudel!
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That strudel was soooo good – and not too sweet. Very important!
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Oh boy, my heart took a little break when I saw the giant backpack and I heard a little whisper say: you need to pack lighter! Lucky even my heart understood it wasn’t there for me to carry, so I’ll live. Phew.
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Ha ha! I was thinking of you and your camping expeditions when I took that 🙂
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I have never seen desserts like those. That berry cake is to die for! Adding Passau and its cathedral to the bucket list…
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Yes, it needs to be on there 🙂
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I was thinking to myself ‘what a very strange place’ till I got to your cathedral shots. They are really beautiful! The apricot strudel doesn’t look too bad, either 🙂
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You see, I’m trying not to overdo it with shots of historic buildings, there are so many peppered across the interwebs already… I’m more of a fan of ‘street shots’, but it’s tricky to get good ones, as it’s all in the timing. And my timing is crap 😉
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I would like you to know that I restrained myself. I did not jump ahead to the end.
The cathedral ceiling is lovely.
Now for my favorite photo of all: Apricot-quark strudel! It looks divine. Please tell me that it tasted as good as it looked.
PS – I wonder if the golden dog is anything like the golden goose who laid golden eggs. HA.
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IT WAS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKED! We picked that café by chance, and it seems they’ve won loads of prizes for their creations. Well deserved, as far as we could tell 🙂
You could dye Reggie… now that would confuse Little Kitty 😉
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Mmmmmmmmmh, lovely food! And the two oldie schickimickis – you see that all the time. Every available piece of jewellery on, impossible shoes and many Tueten! 🙂
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Ha ha, they sure do seem to love their shopping – it’s clearly their “sport” 😉
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Wow PASSAU looks great! You are making Bavaria more and more appealing 🙂 The vergetable bake looks yummy. And the quark studel looks divine. What is that long chocolate thing? What is inside of it? We have something similar here: it has chocolate inside and it is called deer tounge.
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It’s called a ‘tea leaf”, made of flaky pastry and filled with cream. Not my thing, but my brother loves it 🙂
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ok – so obviously I’m still trying to play catch up with reading blog posts. In case you’re keeping score, I’m losing.
What can I say? Your pictures are always amazing but today you outdid yourself. All I can say is – Wow! I’d be hard-pressed to say which one I liked best … the amazing indoor shot of the cathedral ceiling? … or the funky fence posts with the pink church in the background? Is that a cat with binoculars?
I shouldn’t, however, have read this post before dinner. Your mom’s plate with the vegetable bake made me drool!!
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Aw, you’re so kind 🙂
How’s that 3-4am outing going, btw? 😉
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I have a plan! 🙂
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Does it involve an alarm clock and/or a refreshing cold shower…?
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LOL! I hadn’t thought of a cold shower, but I might need one 🙂
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