Bodensee » 04-06

Bodensee

A boat trip across the lake, followed by a cycle tour in three countries; from lake level (most of the way) to an altitude of over 1000 m - going down from there.

The route on Garmin's Transalpine card work. showing the... Mapsource.jpg	The route projected on Google Earth, showing... Google.jpg	Street near the harbour in Lindau 01-Street.JPG	All waiting on the terrace at the ticket office... 02-Waiting.jpg	watching lightweight flying machines passing by, carrying... 03-Single.jpg
...or two, and staying in close proximity... 04-Lightweight.jpg	Got the tickets... 05-TicketCheck.jpg	while the tandem flight went by 06-Tandem.jpg	Aboard to Switzerland! 07-Boarded.jpg	Getting off the harbour of Lindau... 08-LindauNorth.jpg
...looked at by the lion 09-Guard.jpg	Wide view of the Northern shores.... 10-NorthernShore.jpg	...when getting close to the Southern ones.... 11-SwissShores.jpg	...and finding our way, 12-Signs.jpg	A restaurant near the airstrip - including a Swiss army... 13-ShopNearAirport.jpg
...and parked planes. 14-Parked.jpg	A trunk in its second life - as a foothold for fungi 15-SecondLife.jpg	View on one of the villages we passed 16-Village.jpg	A monastery, or a castle on a faraway slope 17-DistantSlopes.jpg	View onto the Rhine 18-Rhine.jpg
Downriver... 19-RhineDown.jpg	... and the other way 20-RiverTraffic.jpg	Bridge crossing the branch - the border between... 21-BorderBridge.jpg	the border - or what it supposed to be 22-BorderBridge.jpg	The cycle path continues on this dyke. 23-Dyke.jpg
An old Rhine arm, now cut off the river. 24-CutOff.jpg	Goat grazing on the slopes 25-Goats.jpg	Looking to the river between the trees on its banks 26-BetweenTrees.jpg	Goats resting aside a ditch - a former bend of the river,... 27-GoatsResting.jpg	Crossing the Upper Rhine - before it enters the Bodensee... 28-Railway.jpg
...and downstream towards the Bodensee... 29-Road.jpg	...and straight down the bridge, showing the turbulence... 30-Stream.jpg	Pond in the delta 31-Pond.jpg	Bridge in the delta - a nature reserve 32-Brdige.jpg	The canal leads into the Bodensee 33-Outlet.jpg
A torso on the bank 34-Statue.jpg	tree full of mistletoe 35-Mistletoe.jpg	View on the lake at the recreational area 36-RecreationArea.jpg	Sails on the lake - and the Bodensee 37-WindSurfing.jpg	The dam between the lakes 38-Recreation.jpg
Feeding the waterfowl at the harbour 39-FeedingTime.jpg	A coot in the recreation lake 40-Fowl.jpg	The old Rhine, viewed upstream.... 41-OldRhine.jpg	..and downstream to the Bodensee 42-OldRhine.jpg	The lift to the Pfalzer above Bregenz. We got in without... 43-Cable.jpg
On our way up, the houses on the mountain slopes were on... 44-OverHouses.jpg	...or below 45-TiledAllOver.jpg	View on Germany from the cabin - about halfway... 46-EasternShores.jpg	...and almost on top.... 47-IntoGermany.jpg	The Austrian broadcasting companies - and Telco’s -... 48-Telecom.jpg
A storm approaches from the South, so there is no time to... 49-Storm.jpg	A last view onto the Bodensee, Westward, the getting down. 50-BodenseeWestward.jpg	View on Lindau and surrounding area from our descent 51-LindauIsland.jpg	A waterfall in one of the bends 52-Waterfall.jpg	Church of a village en route 53-Church.jpg
Another bend - another waterfall 54-Waterfall.jpg	Cattle taking shelter for the approaching storm 55-Cattle.jpg	Looking up the trees 56-Tree.jpg	The bank of a gully that marks the boundary between... 57-Border.jpg	The other side - Austrian farms 58-Austria.jpg
Roses at a garden. 59-Roses.jpg	looking back onto the Pfalzer above Bregenz, and the... 60-Motorway.jpg	Church of the village we were camping nearby 61-Church.jpg	Artwork above the entrance 62-Artwork.jpg	Cats resting in the evening sun. 63-Easy.jpg
A nearby shower - offers a nice rainbow 64-Shower.jpg

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German Holiday 2011