Monday 1 October. If it ain't raining then it ain't Fussen. It rained all morning. As soon as it showed signs of easing we went for a very long walk - all the way to Austria! A walk this far deserved a decent lunch so we stopped for a rather nice Jaegerschnitzel before heading home.
On Tuesday we continued our journey by covering the short distance to another camperstop at Pfronten, passing the meadows where the famous Steve McQueen motorcycle jump took place on the film "The Great Escape". Once again it was an evening check in, so we set out for a long afternoon walk, culminating in an ascent of the mountains on the German/Austrian border. It was 4 miles to the cable car, then a chair lift, then another few thousand million feet to get to the Ostler Hut where we had a delicious sausage soup and a pint of beer. It was worth it for the beautiful views from the top, and we had to continue admiring the views over a rather nice apfelstrudel in the Berghaus Allgäu before descending and walking back home to check in, absolutely knackered.
Wednesday. They offer tourists a free bus and train pass here. We got one after filling in thousands of forms and today we thought we'd spend the whole day having a break from walking and letting the trains and buses take the strain. No one told us it was a bleedin' bank holiday and there were very few trains and even less buses. Still, we took the slow train into Kempten and had a walk around, albeit there was nothing much open and the station was a mile from the centre of the city. We had coffee and a sandwich and made our way back to the station, got the train back to Pfronten and decided that we weren't going to venture out when there are no buses and trains running on a stupid midweek bank holiday!
The following day we drove on to Lake Constance/Bodensee and a nice stellplatz at Steffen near Meersburg. It was a warm, sunny day so we walked into Meersburg, wandered around enjoying the sunshine, then trundled back to sit outside and enjoy the warmth.
On Friday we took to the bikes with a view to taking the ferry to Konstanz, but it turns out that they charge a fortune for the bikes and we weren't that interested in visiting the city. Instead we cycled along the lakeside path after enjoying a glass or two of local wine. On the way back we got chatting to another British couple on the site, ended up going to their van for the evening and drinking rather too much wine.
On Saturday we were feeling a little wan. We drove through some lovely scenery, including the Black Forest, to end up in Kaysersberg in the Alsace. It was a slow day and an early night.
On Sunday the bells started, so it was up at dawn to try and get some decent photos before heading to the bakers to buy bread, fresh croissants and an absolutely delicious rhubarb meringue pie. Following breakfast it was back through Strasbourg and out of expensive France and back into Germany where we set up for the night on a very nice stellplatz in Saarburg. The stellplatz staff sold home made cakes which looked absolutely delicious. We were, however, still stocked up on various sugary eats so we had to leave them.
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| Early Morning in Kaysersberg |
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| Saarburg |
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