Day 4 - Lindau to Constance (Germany) - Ride the Rhine - CycleBlaze

September 12, 2024

Day 4 - Lindau to Constance (Germany)

North Side of Lake Constance and our First Ferry

The EV15 bike route actually follows a Southern path around Lake Constance, but after reading some guide books and talking to friends, we decided to take a Northern route around the lake from Lindau to Meersburg Germany and then take a ferry from Meersburg to Constance. We're not really sure what the actual EV15 route looked like along this area of the trail, but the Northern side sure was pretty.

Looking across the lake entrance to the Lindau Island inlet
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Cute inlet in Lindau
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Lighthouse at Lindau island
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Mole enchiladas are probably my favorite Mexican food. I was tempted to ride an extra 58K today
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Ellen by Lake Constance in Lindau
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The trail coming out of Lindau towards Wasserburg was mostly bikes and littered w beautiful houses that overlooked the lake
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Karen PoretI like this kind of “ littering”, Tony :)
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Tony BontaTo Karen PoretHa! beautiful littering indeed
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Eating lunch at a pier in Kressbronn
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Karen PoretBetter for the stomach, I hope
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Tony BontaTo Karen PoretYes, compared to what we ended up eating the following day.
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The Cruzbike at the pier in Kressbronn
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Ornaments on vegetation on a beautiful house somewhere along the route today
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Ellen's mid afternoon coffee w bonus cookie
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We saw a lot of this blimp on our ride today. It seemed to be following us from Lindau. This clip below is probably 10 miles outside of Meersburg

Making friends with a German feline
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Vineyard at Hagnau
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Town Square in Meersbug
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Ellen loves old city buildings w flowers
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Karen PoretI agree with Ellen!
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Pedaling by a Lake front row of shops/restaurants in Meersburg
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Oooh pretty red flowers
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Our bikes on the ferry from Meersburg to Constance
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Eating some oranges on the ferry
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Celebratory drink at dinner tonight after our day 4 ride
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Some nice digs at our hotel in Constance, but we had to carry our bike up steps for three pretty large floors to get to it. (They didn't have a working elevator yet)
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Today's ride: 37 miles (60 km)
Total: 177 miles (285 km)

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Steve Miller/GrampiesThe blimp is from Friedrichshafen, where there is a museum about its inventor, Zeppelin. We never did get to look at the museum even though we have been through there a few times. Sounds like you missed looking at it also. You can, we believe, take a ride in the Zeppelin you saw, although we have never done that either.
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Tony BontaTo Steve Miller/GrampiesNeat! We did read about the museum, but didn't realize you could go ride in the blimps. That would have been amazing
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Karen PoretYour ride through 🇨🇭 and 🇩🇪 makes me want to return one week later! Didn’t get to 🇨🇭, but must book it for next time!
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Tony BontaTo Karen PoretDefinitely a ride you want to come back to
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Karen PoretTo Tony BontaOnly problem with this is we are not “ self cycling” riders.. we have to be led around by the nose.. or cowbell 🙄
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Tony BontaTo Karen PoretCowbell... ha!
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