We all slept so soundly in our cosy historic home with its floors at odd angles and low beams and lights that threaten to connect with Tim and Karl's heads. It was so quiet and we were so tired after our travel and our week of full on activity that we were really ready for a lovely sleep in.
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| Local vineyards |
With no internet yet, we feel that Wi-Fi
should now be officially added to Maslow's hierarchy of basic
needs...we are very keen to connect with the rest of the world ASAP!
So, with breakfast eaten, we set out to explore.
Bermatingen
is a small village in the Bodensee region of Germany known for its
grapes and wines and also apples. There are little apple stalls on the
streets and we are yet to try these. The houses are mostly historic or
built in a similar style and the footpaths are narrow and roads just
accommodate one lane of cars each way. We think this area was
established in the 13th Century but will know more once the Tourist
Information office is open on Monday.
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| Wilkommen in Bermatingen |
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| Wine maker |
It really is very pretty walking around here with neat houses and spring
flowers in bloom. It could definitely win one of those Tidy Town
awards! After some searching, and a stop at a bakery for croissants and
pretzels, we found the supermarket. The people here speak a
surprisingly small amount of English and I try really hard with my high
school German! We found out that there are no internet cafes here or in
the nearby villages but that Friedrichshafen should have somewhere for
us to use the internet. The problem being, then, how our host can
return an email without us having internet access.
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| Apple farm |
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| Forget-me-nots |
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| Delicious pretzels from here...gobbled before I could take a photo! |
We decided to buy a sim card and a local man told us that the service
station sold them. So, we bought a sim card only to discover that we
needed internet access to activate it! Getting fairly desperate by this
time, 4 PM on a Saturday, we knocked on our neighbour's door. Marcus,
our neighbour, was very helpful and kindly let us have access to his
internet and hence I can now write my blog and upload it!
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| Choice of sim cards |
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| Choice of chocolate |
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| and more... |
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| Tulips everywhere |
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| Another tulip |
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| and another - amazing variety! |
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| Miniature tulip |
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| Riding the town bear! |
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| Das Rathaus |
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| Our friendly bear over the road! |
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| Our house: Autweiler Strasse 7 |
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| More pretty spring flowers! |
After dinner, we huddled around Tim's laptop to watch "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and check out all the scenes from the Schilthorn and other places we have just visited. It was excellent fun but we only got half way through the movie because the kids were tired. Tomorrow night we will finish watching it! AND then, there seems to be a whole raft of movies we should watch as they have been filmed in places we have visited !
Fun day! Glad you have a generous neighbour and hope you find a way to get internet! How frustrating when you do all the planning and don't get the basics!! Looks like a lovely place to stay for a while though. I might have to watch 'the sound of music" now. Xx
ReplyDeleteMy favourite movie: The Sound of Music!!! Wish I could enthuse Tim to watch it again!
ReplyDeleteYeah can't say the boys are keen to watch it, but Courtney loves it too!!
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