Above The Inland Sea I - Zeppelin

We're having a wonderful week at Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Southern Germany. The weather (after some very wet weeks) is unexpectedly wonderful, and the appartement that we rented is also quite wonderful - a large flat under the roof of an old villa. We like it so much we could easily move in. And it is not even expensive.

Day 1 - a little hike ...

... seeing beautiful gardens - we have not nearly as many flowers in our garden at home because the climate there is much colder: We are hundreds of miles southwards of home here, and because of the large lake, winters are usually very mild, so mild that lots of wine grows around the lake.

After a few miles of hiking, a coffee is obligatory ...

... feeding the hungry ghosts ...

In the harbour, a very unusual combination of racing car, speedboat, and slide ...


We saw our old friend Zeppi again. Since we were here in 2003, taking a wonderful (but unfortunately very expensive) flight with the Zeppelin around Lake Constance, this wonderful vehicle (we think of him being a very kind very large dog-like being for some reason) was asking when we would come back. Of course he spotted us beneath him, and waved down to us ... of course he couldn't really wave very wildly because he had to take care of his passengers.


Walking through colorful autumn forests ...


Looking down on the lake through rows of wine ...


Fruits from the huge cedar tree in front of our house ...


and the view from our little balcony ...


Inhabitants of the village trying to make the lives of us tourists even more colorful ...