Off to Randolfzell

September 20, 2024

Sunny bike paths and some climbing

Day 5: Constance - Radolfzell

Another beautiful warm day… starting with another huge breakfast:)

Round one of breakfast at our favourite Hotel Halm.

We started out from Constance harbour and soon mixed in with the Vancouver crew for a while.

Someone was happy to find a huge farmers market!

At the start of the Rhein River section leading to Untersee.

We cruised along the Lake Constance coast, then up a bit higher and inland which offered some nice views and bike paths.

Those signs still have an appeal for Lisa…

I’m not sure what this means, perhaps indicating to treat the normal intersection as a circle. There was little traffic here so it didn’t seem to matter anyway.

We relaxed with a park bench lunch at Wallhausen harbour.

After that we had what was warned as a hard climb that we could avoid, but chose to try it at least. We could always turn back if needed. But a steady pace got us up without any issue, though with some extra effort.

As we took the long descent down to Randolfzell we enjoyed fabulous views of the Gnadensee part of Untersee (Lower Lake Constance).

The quaintly named Markefinger Winkel bay of the Gnadensee at Randofzell.

We added a short ride along the Gnadensee after checking in to our hotel, where we had another interesting room, this time with retro red shag carpeting and matching tacky decor.

Our hotel staff recommended a family restaurant with a nice patio in the old town for dinner. It was just fantastic. And… the first salad bar we had seen this trip!

Menu help:

The phone’s photo translation feature helped us a lot this trip. And some of the literal translations can be funny.

Today's ride: 45 km (28 miles)
Total: 131 km (81 miles)

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