Above The Inland Sea V - Wine

Ravensburg is famous for a number of things, one of them being the publisher of games and children's books that is named after the city. Ravensburger is very famous in Germany - all children probably know their logo, have played their games, have read their books. I am no exception. We went to see their beautiful new museum which shows how the company evolved and how games and books are made.

One game that is part of my childhood is the original Memory game from the late fifties. This is how it looked.


Another interesting museum, this one about the history of the town, is right across the street. I've never seen nor heard about these beautiful large medieval guild member wheels. They had the names of their members painted on them, complete with their emblems. This is a wheel for the wine grower's guild.


On the next morning, the fog was very dense over the lake.


We took a round trip walk to a village called Baitenhausen. It was very warm, almost like summer (in October!). The orchards were full of apples, pears, and plums, and the leaves all around already wore their autumn colors.


Baitenhausen has a very nice pilgrimage church.


We always thought that the little angels sing all the time, but we found that some of them prefer to practise martial arts.


The view over the valley ...


Back in Meersburg, we went to that wine restaurant with the terrace and the incredible view over the lake. We were reminded of Italy, maybe of Cinque Terre. Life was good.


When the evening came, the sky was burning ...