Schloss Neuschwanstein was on our agenda here We thought we would get there early but 10000 others thought the same .The line to buy tickets looked like a 2 hour wait and that was to buy a timed tour tour We chose to take the stiff 40 minute walk up the hill and see what we could . Naturally we could not go inside the castle but were rewarded with a good look at the castle and excellent views of the countryside

Friedrichschafen was our next target.The drive through the rolling farm land was very pleasant. A bit like Tasmania- lots of hops and apples growing. Stopped at a house where there was a sign that we interpreted as saying "apples for sale." Must have been right because we came away with a couple of kiligrams of beautiful new season ones. Friedrichcshafen is a city on the shores of Lake Constance and one of Europe's biggest lakes Its shores touch 3 countries The esplande was a delightful area where we hired a pedal boat and paddled around the harbour . We managed a table right on the sea(lake) wall and had fish, chips and calamari as you do at the beach

Our hotel is a few km out of town (Tettnang)and a walk an a icecream completed a great day