Empress : Kaiserin: Regensburg

Mittwoch, Juli 04, 2007

Regensburg | Lindau

Today was another day of travelling, from Regensburg to Lindau - meaning travelling from the most eastern part of southern Germany to the most south-western part.

At 7.44 Uhr we took the train to Munich, and from there boarded the 12.21 Uhr train to Lindau. We reached Lindau, an island on Bodensee (or "Lake Constance" in English) at 15.15 Uhr. The weather was still crazy cold, and it seemed like it was brewing up a storm on the island. After checking into our hotel for the night - a huge apartment, and with a tub! :D (However I did not bath that night, sadly, because the temperature had dropped drastically).

Our bedroom, and stove!

We still have more than six hours before darkness falls. Hence we went strolling along the coast line, but seriously that wasn't a wise thing to do. It was SUPER WINDY, till my ears hurt. >_<

The railway tracks

And finally the sun...

..but the wind blew on

I'm not exactly sure with the direction, but the opposite mountains/coasts are Switzerland and Austria (and even France?) at certain angles. *shrugs, because I'm confused myself*

The harbour

Ahaha... I have to post this. And no, I do not believe the fairy tale originated from Lindau... XD

Threatening rain clouds were gathering ontop on the island, and it did look really intimidating, so we had instant noodles back in our hotel room (lol - since we were provided a kitchen, why not? XDD). The weather improved a little and we went out again, this time to the harbour. Mum said that the lighthouse at night was beautiful. Okay... I did feel a little deja vu here... Lol. And obviously the weather had to spoil it for us. 20 minutes later the rain and wind returned. And since Lindau's an island and we at the harbour completely exposed to the nature elements, it was worse than Regensburg.

The tempest approaches. Awesome.

The harbour as the light faded

It was actually very dark, but I used ISO to snap this. Hence the pixilated effect. Eeks.

I didn't want to waste our precious time here, regardless of the weather. We walked round the island before returning to the hotel when the temperature dooped. (XD;; what an expression.)