Bodensee » 06-06

Bodensee

A daytrip to Mainau - the Garden Island. It meant a drive to UnterUhldingen, crossed the lake to Mainau by boat, passed some time on the island and went back the same way

UnterUhldingen has most remains of the pile dwellings:... 01-IronAgeMan.jpg	The museum on pile dwellings. We didn't visit this.... 02-VillageOnPoles.jpg	The 'river bus' connecting all places on the shore. 03-Ferry.jpg	Mainau castle on from shore 04-MainauCastle.jpg	Viewing East - between Unteruhldingen and Mainau.... 05-ViewEast.jpg
...The German ferry between Meersburg and Staad passes... 06-Ferry.jpg	...as well as the Swiss one... 07-SwissFerry.jpg	...as well as a bunch of other ships... 08-Traffic.jpg	...while we approached the shores of Mainau 09-MainauShores.jpg	Getting into the bay 09a-MainauShores.jpg
The gate of the castle 10-Castlegate.jpg	Peacock at the shop, imposing... 11-Peacock.jpg	...showing it's back - not the nicest part 12-Peacock.jpg	In full 14-Peacock.jpg	The castle facade 15-Front.jpg
A circle to show the designers of the gardens 16a-Creators.jpg	A rambling rose on one of the towers 16b-Tower.jpg	Greenhouse First, we made a small tour in the tropical greenhouse,...	Roses The gardens are renowned for their roses, whether wild...	Borders Lots of borders with all kinds of plants
Flowering tree near the butterfly garden 90-WhiteFlowers.jpg	A slightly different view 90a-WhiteFlowers.jpg	Sleeping duck in the pond. Assuming it's real... 91-SleepingDuck.jpg	Water lily 92-Lily.jpg	The white flowers in close-up 94-WhiteFlowers.jpg
Washingtonia palms 138-Washingtonia.jpg	All white, in huge numbers 141-WhiteTree.jpg	Arboretum The tree garden.	ButterflyGarden The tropical butterflies	Thuga branches 148-ThujaBranches.jpg
The jungle of roots 149-Woodland.jpg	A high tree in the garden 150-HighTree.jpg	Terraces Since the gardens are on slopes, it's obvious there are...	Looking out - a storm approaches. 162-StormAproaching.jpg	Coot cleaning its feathers 163-Maintenance.jpg
Opening butts 164-Butts.jpg	The harbour wall on the outside 165-Wall.jpg	Guarding swan 166-Swan.jpg	The ferry to UnterUhldingen 167-Ferry.jpg

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German Holiday 2011