Gate Tower

St Michael’s Church

Statue of Wild Male Boar in front of German Hunting & Fishing Museum

Old Town Hall

Marienplatz

Viktualien Market

Food Market & Square in centre of Munich

St. Peter’s Church

Munich Cathedral

Asam Church

Residenz Munchen

Visit to the Treasury and Royal Palace

Theatine Church

Hofbrauhaus

Too early in the day for us!

Met up with Rich’s cousin Chrissie who lives in Munich. Had a lovely visit.

Arrived at the bike rental shop where Manuel set us up. No ID, no deposit, cash, €15 a day for each bike with panniers, helmet & lock. Just ‘bring bikes back in 6 days’ He was also kind enough to store our luggage for free.

Looked around Lindau.

Old town hall.

Ready to set off on our ride around Lake Constance. The lake borders Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Cycle path is 273 kms.

Shortly we are in Austria.

Handy bike tools for minor adjustments. We soon arrive at our first destination just past Bregenz in Austria. Short afternoon ride 19 kms.

Taking bikes out of storage area.

Water Buffalo

Kiosk at the farm

Beautiful views along cycling route.

We are now in Switzerland.

Riding thru lots of beach communities

Sand Sculptures

Lots of hotels and restaurants along

the way

Coffee stop

Most of the bikes on the route are

e-bikes. We are definitely in the

minority.

Latte Macchiato

Wedding set-up

Arriving at our hotel in Kreuzlingen

soon. 70.7 kms today. Beautiful

cycling, 27C.

Leaving Hotel Bodensee-Arena in Switzerland.

Cycling thru Konstanz, Germany, nearby to get back on the cycling route.

Enjoying the ride thru Konstanz.

Checking the map. Found the cycling route.

Waiting at train crossing in Mannenach

Berlingen

Orchards of pears

VIDEO: Bridge at Berlingen

Bridge to Stein Am Rein

Rathausplatz Stein Am Rein

Stein Am Rein is a well-preserved old town featuring painted facades and half-timbered houses.

Dating back 1300-1400’s

Who knew?

Thoroughly enjoyed exploring Stein Am Rein. Heading out as the rain starts.

Beautiful music as we head out!

Checked in to our hotel, Hotel Alte Post, Hemmenhofe, Germany. Rained last few Kms. Total 41 Kms with a couple notable climbs.

Goulash for me

Salad & Cordon Bleu for Rich

It is 14C and rain is forecasted after lunch.

Riding on the other side of the bay, we are back in Konstanz.

Lunch at Bodenseeufer. Bench is a bit wet but we are starving!

VIDEO:

VIDEO: Easy section of the day’s ride.

Wallhausen

Lots of climbing to get here. Much more to come!

Finding our way. Taking the less-traveled off-road route. Lots of hills.

Tough climbing behind us. Happy to have extra water.

View from Hotel Rosmarin, Ludwigshafen, our destination for the day. 77.75 Kms, 702m of climbing. Fortunately, less rain than expected.

Picked up chips, beer, take out pizza & salad. Snickers bar & glass of wine for later. Well-deserved!

Collecting bikes from hotel underground parking.

Leaving our hotel

Sipplingen

Sipplingen

Überlingen

Überlingen

Lamdungsplatz, Überlingen

Überlingen

Münster St Nicholaus, Überlingen

Boardwalk, Überlingen

Mantelhafen, Überlingen

Church Building in Birnau

Meersburg Castle in background

Meersburg

Friedrichshafen

Remote check in at Stadthotel Kleiner Berg, Fredrichshafen.

45.6 kms today with several rewarding stops along the way.

Beer 30 in our hotel room

Dinner on the boardwalk.

Schnitzel “Jager Art”

Flammkuchen “Elsässer Art”

Leaving our hotel after breakfast.

Following the blue bicycle wheel.

Lots of grapes, apples, pears & plums grown in this area.

Stopping before we reach Lindau so that Rich can remove my bike computer and his mirror that we brought from home.

Unloading the panniers included with the bike rental and picking up our luggage that was stored at the bike shop. We were very happy with the rental bikes. 26Kms today. Total of 280Kms

Walking around Lindau waiting for our train back to Munich. Thrilled with our cycling experience on Lake Constance.

Raining heavily in Salzburg and continued for the six hours we will spend here.

Mirabell Palace

Gardens at Mirabell Palace

Makartsteg Bridge

(Love Lock Bridge)

Mozart Statue

Toured the ‘Residenz’

Palace of the Prince-Archbishop’

Really enjoying our tour of the palace.

Also, nice to be in from the rain.

View of the Old City

from the Residenz

Looking down to Salzburg Cathedral

from the Residenz.

Stopped at the famous Salzburger Grill Imbiss

Bratwurst for Rich

Original Bosna for me

Later on we enjoyed a pretzel

Birthplace of Mozart

Kollegienkirche

Church of the University of Salzburg

Continuing our walking tour in

the pouring rain

St Peter’s Abbey and Church

St Peter’s Cemetery

Salzburg Cathedral

St Peter’s cemetery

St Peter’s Cathedral and cemetery

More views of St Peter’s Cemetery

Rich couldn’t miss seeing this watershed built in the 12th century

Residenzplatz

Getting in from the rain to warm up,

enjoy a cappuccino and Rich finally

gets his Apple strudel

On the train to Vienna where we will

spend the night before an early flight

to Podgorica, Montenegro.

Beer 30 on the train. Looking forward to meeting up with Judy & Holly tomorrow. It has been a wonderful adventure and looking forward to our next adventure in Montenegro & Albania.