The plan was to be unpatriotic by making use of the four day Jubilee weekend to take a short break to the shores of Lake Constance in Germany, thus avoiding all the street partying and pageantry associated the royal event, to say nothing of getting away from our wonderful UK spring weather.
Alison and I flew out to Zurich, with Tim and Clare, and took the train to Konstanz on the Swiss-German border, before boarding the ferry across the lake to Meersburg, where we were staying for the long weekend. On the Saturday we meet up with Suzi and Ben and headed over to visit Clare's friends Krista and Hans Jurgen, who were kindly loading us some bikes for our expeditions, as well as providing some great hospitality.
Day one highlights included swimming in Lake Constance and dinner in a restaurant situated on the island of Mainau, which contained a monastery and a botanical garden. The meal included what was to be the first of many asparagus dishes, which is a local seasonal speciality.
Day two included a visit to a hilltop fort followed by a view of the Rhine Falls. On the way home we stopped off for a short a walk around the very picturesque Swiss village of Stein am Rhein. Once back in Meersburg, we dined on yet more asparagus in our hotel restaurant.
The highlight of day three was a visit to one of the many thermal spas that surround the lake and are enormously popular with the Germans. I tied out most of what was on offer, including the water slide, thermal baths, and saunas, but drew the line at swimming naked in the lake, unlike some of the braver members of our party.
Our final day included a visit to the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshaven, where the famous Hindenberg and Graf Zeppelin were built. Then to end, a ferry trip back across Lake Constance into Germany, and a train back to the airport and our flight home.
Alison and I flew out to Zurich, with Tim and Clare, and took the train to Konstanz on the Swiss-German border, before boarding the ferry across the lake to Meersburg, where we were staying for the long weekend. On the Saturday we meet up with Suzi and Ben and headed over to visit Clare's friends Krista and Hans Jurgen, who were kindly loading us some bikes for our expeditions, as well as providing some great hospitality.
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| From Lake Constance |
Day two included a visit to a hilltop fort followed by a view of the Rhine Falls. On the way home we stopped off for a short a walk around the very picturesque Swiss village of Stein am Rhein. Once back in Meersburg, we dined on yet more asparagus in our hotel restaurant.
Our final day included a visit to the Zeppelin museum at Friedrichshaven, where the famous Hindenberg and Graf Zeppelin were built. Then to end, a ferry trip back across Lake Constance into Germany, and a train back to the airport and our flight home.
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