We took the long drive out today to Konstanz and the Bodensee today. I seem to have developed a nice cough,... meh.
Konstanz on the other hand is lovely, its a bit like Geneva but with less banks but it is still filled with rich looking people.
Konstanz is situated on the western edge of the lake where the Rhine enters Lake Constance. The Rhine exits on on the other side of the Bodensee. The city was created in the stone age but takes its name from the Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus. The town is split down the middle on the border with Swtizerland and, at the time of its creation was the only place in the local area with a bridge across the Rhine.
Anyway, back to the day, we had a wander round the city, taking in the sights. There seems to be quite a lot of construction going on at the moment so once again, lots of scaffold.
Amongst the sights were the cathedral (with an interesting masonic symbol on the ceiling) and the harbour (containing some very expensive boats).
It was once again, just a really nice place to be. We ate some food by the harbour bumbled about and had some coffee and cake in the centre.
Andy (who had left his passport at home) had managed to leave the UK, travel through France, Belgium, into Luxemburg, Germany, then France again before ending up in Germany, had no problems wandering over into Switzerland, get in, 5 countries in as many days!
We finished our day with a (cold and windy) boat trip onto the lake.
About an hour later we were in the car on the way back.
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