Last Day In Europe - July 25, 2010
Today we traveled 45 minutes south west of Munich to the Ammersee area. It is fed by the Ammer River, one of the larger here in Germany. As with other waterfront areas, it is quite touristy but does not have the sandy beaches for swimming. It does have lots of bike trails around the sea but of coarse we did not have those to use. It is relatively close to Munich so is used by these people as a recreation area. What we saw most was sail boats - every little harbour had lots of sailboats and there were a large number using the lake today since it was SUNNY and windy for a change. We stopped at the town of Herrsching on the eastern shore - there was a Promenade along the waterfront and lots of folks were watching the sailboats and the wind surfers and the paddle wheel boats cross-crossing the lake. We ate lunch near the dock then walked further around the shoreline. The promenade at one point opened into a garden complete with a castle. On the trip "home" we circled the lake and headed back on the autobahn. Near the motel here we stopped at a vacant grocery store lot to clean the car out and re-arrange things before the car is turned in tomorrow morning at 9 am.
No those are not walruses on the beach - last evening we walked in town a bit - did we ever mention the slugs on the sidewalks here - ask Jean what happens when you run over them with the bicycle wheel.
