Meersburg to Lindau 10-11-11

When they remodeled the place into a hotel they left the winch for pulling hay into the attic in the middle of the room and at the foot of the bed.  At first glance it looked like a torture rack winch.

Hotel Loewen

City gate

The town of Meersburg has 2 castles.  The old and the new.  This is the old one built in the 7th century by Dagobert I

Fachwerk

Cute little fachwerk house

fountain in front of old castle turm

schloss Hersberg

Montforte castle

May pole but with the banners of trades on it

Cows of the Allgaeu

Diebsturm in Lindau

Entrance to the harbor at Lindau with the lion and the lighthouse

Lindau Rathaus

Lindau rathaus

The Voralberg in Austria

We stayed in the beautiful hotel Loewen in Meersburg.  We woke up to a blue sky, had a great breakfast and got on the trail.  We passed schloss Hersburg.  Here the hills of the Allgaeu reach the lake shores and the climate is conducive to growing fruit, flowers and wine.  At castle Montforte we could see the snowy slopes of the Voralberg in Austria.  Here we took a long break.  While Mac laid on the beach  in the sun I explored the area around the castle Montforte.  The Castle was built in the Moorish style.  We arrived in Lindau and rode straight to the Island.  The old part of town is situated on the island or insel.  Lindau has the only harbor in Bavaria.  At the harbor's entrance we saw the statute of the marble lion which sits across from the old mangturm or lighthouse from the 13th century.  We checked into the hotel Inselgraben, Mac took a nap and I took a walking tour and looked for a place to eat.  The rathaus is one of the most beautiful in Germany.  At dinner Mac had Zander again and I had  a combination of Zander and felchen.  Both are fish that are caught locally.  The Zander is better.