The second day of our bike trip was sunny and bright. We left Gailingen and headed back along the Rhine River to REvisit the gorgeous town of Stein am Rhein, stop at our favorite Cafe/Bike shop again for a hi-tech bike shirt for Karen.
The Lake Konstanz bike trail goes through a variety of terrain — some old cities, farmland, forests, wetlands, orchards, and vineyards. One of my favorite things about it though, is biking through residential neighborhoods. It gives you a feel for what it would be like to live there. In many places, such as in this video below from the town of Öhningen, Germany, it’s like biking through people’s back yards — all with the lake in view.
On my 70th birthday I was gifted a GoPro video camera by my kids and grandkids, which was a PERFECT present. We used it a lot on this trip. THANK YOU, to my Fam!
I had to ask my Facebook friends what this was, but as usual, they came through and identified it as a Scottish Highland cow.
Near the town of Horn
Coming into Stahringen, near the western end of Lake Konstanz.
Our first view of the Alps in the distance
It was a steep climb on bikes (full disclosure, we walked a lot of it) from the lake up to the Park Hotel in Überlingen, but the view was fantastic.
We arrived at the hotel around 6:00 and by the time we cleaned up and got ready for dinner, there was not much time for lounging around. But I could easily spend a day on this terrace.
Überlingen is a fairly large, but charming town on the lakeshore. While we didn’t have much time to explore it before we climbed up to the hotel, we did do a little sightseeing the next morning. More about that in the next post about the third leg of the bike trip.
Gute Nacht, angenehme Träume. Bis morgen!