Frankfurt to Passau Now I am sure Aschaffenburg is a nice town ... but it was not Passau (the town we had hoped to arrive at and start our bike trip from). Things looked pretty grim as we watched our train leave us on the platform. However, we are Mt. Manics ... we never allow a minor inconvience to defeat us. After talking with the ticket agent at the Aschaffenburg station, we learned that another train to Passau would be arriving in 2 hours and if we were 'lucky' we might be able to get the bikes on this one. Two hours later the train arrives. As it pulls to a stop, I can see that the bike train car is full ... and I am thinking to myself "we might just be spending the night in Aschaffenburg ... which I am sure is a nice town". However, Fred waves at the conductor ... hold up five fingers and points to our bikes ... the conductor opens his window and waves us on board! I am sure Aschaffenburg is a nice town but we will never know ... becasue we are again on our way to Passau!