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June 24th, 2007
This Sunday we went with a few friends from Mike’s language class to the Bodensee (Lake Constance). It’s a large lake on the southern border of Germany. Not only is there the border of the German states of Bavaria (where we are living) and Baden-Wurttemberg, but its also the border of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
We took the train to the Bavarian town of Lindau. Its out on a little island in the Bodensee and was beautiful. It’s a very beautiful picturesque town and it was wonderful to wander the streets. The old town hall and the city museum have incredible paintings all over them. There was an interesting tower with a replica of Rapunzel’s braid hanging out of it, lots of beautiful fountains, and the churches and other buildings were amazing.
After exploring most of the city, we headed out on a boat tour of the lake. We decided to go on the “three land” tour. This way we were able to go not only through another German state, but also Switzerland and Austria. It was a very pretty boat trip and they told you quite a bit about the lake, and the cities on it. It was just all in German. My German is definitely better than it was when we started and I can understand quite a bit, but its not THAT good. So… I had no idea what was going on, but I figured I can always read it online later. The only downside to the tour was that it didn’t actually stop in any of the other countries, you just went through the waters. Big bummer, but at least I can say I went to Austria and Switzerland too!
This Sunday we went with a few friends from Mike’s language class to the Bodensee (Lake Constance). It’s a large lake on the southern border of Germany. Not only is there the border of the German states of Bavaria (where we are living) and Baden-Wurttemberg, but its also the border of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
We took the train to the Bavarian town of Lindau. Its out on a little island in the Bodensee and was beautiful. It’s a very beautiful picturesque town and it was wonderful to wander the streets. The old town hall and the city museum have incredible paintings all over them. There was an interesting tower with a replica of Rapunzel’s braid hanging out of it, lots of beautiful fountains, and the churches and other buildings were amazing.
After exploring most of the city, we headed out on a boat tour of the lake. We decided to go on the “three land” tour. This way we were able to go not only through another German state, but also Switzerland and Austria. It was a very pretty boat trip and they told you quite a bit about the lake, and the cities on it. It was just all in German. My German is definitely better than it was when we started and I can understand quite a bit, but its not THAT good. So… I had no idea what was going on, but I figured I can always read it online later. The only downside to the tour was that it didn’t actually stop in any of the other countries, you just went through the waters. Big bummer, but at least I can say I went to Austria and Switzerland too!
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