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+1 about the flat and samey, I found this with all eurovelo routes.
it's just a bit too nice sometimes, if you're like me every now and then you want to go up a loose gravel track in the hills, or duck through a woodland on a dodgy path, or whatever. EV routes are a bit sanitised so you lose that fun, they make up for this by being very fast.
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I've done bits between Switzerland and Croatia on different tours. Most is pretty, can get boring with being flat and samey. I'd ignore it in germany and go via Munich, Bavaria has good bicycle infrastructure generally so can make up your own route. Passau to Vienna is a really nice section. Budapest to croatia is boring and you don't even see the river that much, would route via Lake Balaton instead.