Rhine bike tour day 4

Cows in the morning - drive away worries. A glance through the window to the stable and we already have a smile on our face. This room is truly unique. On the way to breakfast, we greet the kangaroos, rabbits, peacocks, and guinea fowls with a cheerful "Good morning". Sonja is already waiting for us with a great breakfast: homemade yogurt, family-owned alpine cheese - 3 cows from the family are on the alpine pasture and the milk yield is turned into cheese. Various jams made from berries from our own garden, smoked beef, and homemade bread are ready. We would have loved to listen to our hostess and her interesting stories for a little longer. But the sun is rising relentlessly and we have to go.

After a short hour's drive, we reach Lake Constance. The nature reserve between the Rhine estuary and the old Rhine gives us a first glimpse of Lake Constance. Astonished, we drive along the dam past reeds, water, and small forests. An incredible chorus of different birds reaches an impressive noise level compared to the silence that sometimes prevailed on our route.

Today, the bike path crosses the railway line countless times, and it is a funny feeling to stand at the barrier with several other cyclists and wait until the whole group starts moving again. Then all cyclists quickly spread out on the route again, and you never have the feeling of being in a crowd. We are glad that today is Tuesday because on the weekend there are certainly annoyingly many cyclists on the way.

When booking, we made sure to stay very close to the lake. A simple double room - as a cyclist, you don't have high demands. However, this room is more of a small room and, of course, there are only communal showers and toilets, fortunately at least on the corridor and not 3 streets away. We have to make the bed ourselves, and whether we can manage to get 2 people and our saddlebags into this room at the same time is still uncertain :)

We just managed to store everything in the room: now we have to go to the water as quickly as possible - swimming in Lake Constance - a great refreshment. We feel the summer by the lake and enjoy the mild evening, dinner with live music right by the lake.