Tuesday, February 1, 2011

We drove the car right on to the ferry.

So yesterday I took a little day trip with two fellow workers of mine down to Konstanz. Konstanz is at the very bottom of Germany, a mere 200 meters away from Switzerland. I actually picked up Swiss service on my cell phone and instantly wanted nothing more than Sarah-Louise by my side. Konstanz is a major city off of the Bodensee (or Lake Constance for all your English speaking people), which is the largest lake in all of Germany.

It was beautiful, even despite it being -5 grad (low twenties Fahrenheit) and windy. We toured, shopped and ate at Konstanz and then we took a ferry (and our car) over to Meersburg. A town built into the side of the hill complete with a castle at the top of the hill and grape vines for wine the whole way winding down. I want to live in Meersburg I decided. It is everything a small German town built on the edge of a lake should be. Like, it is a normal day in Germany if I pass by a castle. How cool is that? Also, my German friends didn't realize that there is not a single castle in the entirety of the United States. "No, the white house is not a castle."

The weather was kind of crappy though and I can't wait to go back on a beautiful, sunny, warm day and explore the lake. Germany is super clean and the lake is crystal clear and perfect for swimming and sunbathing.

9 comments:

  1. We were at Bodensee on a beautiful, warm, sunny day. It was wonderful! Definitely one of my favourite days in Germany. :) Have fun!

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  2. My exchange student Stephan now goes to the University of Konstanz and is living in a lakefront apartment on the Bodensee. I am living vicariously through him.

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  3. true-dat, Elise. Amy, definitely go back in the summer!! May I recommend renting a paddle-boat and enjoying some ice cream? :)

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  4. Emily-we can go there this summer :) We need to figure that trip out.

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  5. JUST so you know, there is a castle in the US. Boldt Castle. http://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/ - I discovered it on a road trip, and yes, I made my car full of people stop. It is a castle after all.

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  6. Hearst Castle! Really just a poser castle, but still awesome. I visited it when I was 14 and had dreams about living there. ;)

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  7. and by that, I mean it's a castle in the US. Near San Fransisco.

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  8. Amy, I've loved your posts so far. At the end of your trip, you're going to read over the beginning posts and send some major praises up to God (I know you already are, but I think it's always such an awesome testimony to view the beginning of an intense journey at the end and praise God for the journey). Anyway, there is no doubt that God has His hand in all of this and that you are going to be used in amazing ways. In my prayer list I just drew a dinosaur to remind myself to pray for you because I smile when I think of you in a dino one-sie. Love and prayers!

    Lindsay

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  9. One day, when you live in Meersburg and I live in Switzerland we will go to the Bodensee and enjoy it on a beautiful summer day.

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