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<\/a><\/p>\nWe decided to circle the lake im Uhrzeigersinn (clockwise) so first we headed east through some nice villages like Langenargen, Kressbronn and Wasserburg. In the background there was always the beautiful scenery of the Austrian Alpen (alps) and despite the horrible summer this year, the sun was shining and put a L\u00e4cheln (smile) on our faces. Some kilometers after we passed the beautiful city of Lindau, that has a nice and historic city center situated on an Insel (island) on Lake Constance, we reached the border of Austria and the city of Bregenz. Bregenz is famous for its theater, music and art festivals and its stage that is build on the lake.\u00a0 It could even be seen in the James Bond Movie \u201cQuantum of solace\u201d. We didn\u00b4t start fr\u00fch (early) this day and our physical shape was not the best, so after approximately 45 km we decided to camp in Bregenz and enjoy the warm evening \u00a0with pizza and beer. Good plan! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
The second day was still sunny and after packing our equipment we continued to cycle\u2026though our booties were already hurting. After erreichen (reaching) the most eastern point of the lake, we turned west and passed through the delta of the Rhine. The landscape was full of Schilf (reed) and V\u00f6gel (birds). And only every once in a while you could see the actual lake.<\/p>\n
The mountains in our back were getting a little bit lower and suddenly, without noticing, we reached the first city in Switzerland. So in fact we passed an invisible Grenze (border). It was quite similar in Austria by the way. The funny thing about this is, that immediately after you change countries, people sound completely different. They all speak German but in totally different accents. Also street signs and architecture change with the boarders and though it is one lake and one region, it feels pretty international. In Switzerland you even have a different W\u00e4hrung (currency). After 65 km we were done and by chance we passed a farm where it was allowed to some people to camp on a meadow close to their yard. We passed a beautiful evening cooking spaghetti\u2026but during the night it started to regnen (rain).<\/p>\n The morning was grey and cold. Right after packing our tent it started to rain cats and dogs. So it was not enjoyable to start cycling. Anyway we did\u2026 After a few kilometers I noticed that my rain clothes didn\u00b4t work but fortunately we passed the city of Constance after a while and I could get some new Hosen (trousers) and a rain coat.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n