We set out in our Audi A4-Citroen Picasso caravan through Bavarian countryside towards Lake Konstanz (aka Bodensee), stopping along the way to take in the impressive landscape.
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| cable car to the top of Zugspitze, highest mountain in Germany at about 9,718 feet |
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| Eibsee, lake at the foot of Zugspitze |
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| view of the countryside on our way up the hill to Neuschwanstein |
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| Schloss Neuschwanstein |
We made it to Lake Constance that night after dark and met up with our gracious hosts - my brother-in-law's brother and his family. They put us up for a couple of nights, fed us delicious food, and showed us the sights around town.
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| johannisbeeren @ Konstanz farmer's market |
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| Laube fountain |
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| testing the conservation of angular momentum |
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| Konstanz Cathedral |
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| view from the cathedral spire |
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| (i just can't help myself with this tilt-shift business...) |
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| rogue clone |
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This 9-meter-tall rotating statue is at the water's edge.
She is Imperia, a prostitute, holding the pope in one hand, the king in the other. |
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| walked across the border into Switzerland |
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| Czerner Dance Academy! |
If only we could have our own private local tour guide in every town...
