This morning's view from the balcony was that of windblown leaves, dark clouds and a choppy lake. The wind was from the West so it was going to be of some benefit.
It being Sunday, breakfast at the dot of 7:00 only seemed to appeal to me so I had the whole dining area to myself for a few minutes. Eggs, bacon, cold cuts, muesli, fruit salad, roll, coffee and cheese hit the spots.
Dropped my luggage at the front desk, got myself all geared up, checked that the bike hadn't been stolen and that it was in good operating condition and I was off. It was a little tricky finding a route down to the bikeway from my lofty perch but the GPS helped me out.
After 44k with a tailwind and a few stops along the way including a visit to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen I arrived at the Yachthotel Schattmaier.
I had hoped to be able to give myself an extravagant birthday gift of a Zeppelin ride but they require prior booking and are weather dependent so a rain check wouldn't have been acceptable. I did ride up to the Zeppelin field but it was not something one just dropped in on.
Had a spaghetti, salad (REALLY GOOD) and a beer before I checked in. I don't have a lakeside view here and the place is a watersport haven with a boat show going on now so it's a hive of activity.
The photos:
The St. Leonhard Hotel Restaurant
The Alps Before Sundown
Meersburg Vineyard
Grapes, grapes, grapes...
The Zeppelin Museum
Sunday Morning in Friedrichshafen
The Movie
Next entry will be from Rorschach, Switzerland (what will I see in it?).
Jim
Good to hear you won the battle of the mosquito. Happy Birthday J! Too bad about the zeppelin ride.Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. I'll use the €200 I didn't spend for some treat(s) back home :)
DeleteToday looks cloudy but POP is low until about noon. This is the Germany-Austria-Switzerland crossing day. Also a stop at the island of Lindau which looks like it will be interesting.