Lindau on the Boden See

The trip from Cologne down to Boden See (Lake Constance) was peppered with small towns nestled in to the rolling hills, a steady flow of religious and monarchical monuments, and a constant buzz of finely tuned Germany engineering flashing past us on the autobahn. You see we rented for fuel economy, but Germans bought for ‘fahrverguegen’. That means that 90% of the cars on the autobahn passed us at speeds that seemed as if they were headed in the opposite direction. I will note that we saw cars from Lamborghinis and Ferraris down to Opel Corsas, and many cars we would 

consider luxury in the U.S. were fitted with trailer hitches and used to tow campers, boats, and the like.

From Boden See we had a wonderful view across the lake of the rolling hills of northern Switzerland to the Alps beyond. 

We first stopped off in Meersburg, a beautiful town that cascades from the vineyards down to the lake below with a classic old town...beautiful.

We felt fortunate to find a pizza box depicting George Clooney as an Italian pizza chef. 

















We stayed the night in Lindau and the next day we rode 55 kilometers along the lake, through the vineyards, and small towns of Baden Wurttemberg.

Depicted here is Katie enjoying what can only be described as the most magnificent ‘fast food’ on earth. It’s a Dönner Kebab – mystery meat, yeasty bread, taziki, pickled cabbage and onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Just jotting down the ingredient list has created such a flow of water (actually saliva) in my mouth that I fear for the safety of my keyboard. America does not understand what it is missing out on. I truly believe the only lasting cure for war, prostate cancer (and certain types of malignant moles), global economic melt downs, climate change, racism, speech impediments, and so on is a heaven sent Turkish treat called Dönner Kebab.

On a happy note we found out that Rapunzel’s tower resides in the heart of Lindau Island. We tried to throw some Panteen through the window unsuccessfully – the tourist police stopped us. Apparently, the split ends are part of her charm…so European. I bet when homie comes out of the woods to save her, he’ll be half way up only have her pony is going to tear from her scalp because her hair wasn’t properly nutritioned and cared for. She probably smokes too.