Sunday

The day stage of today is just 20 kilometers. So we didn't need to get up too early and had a good breakfast in the hotel. On the other hand we mustn't get up too late because we had to deposit our suitcases in the hotel lobby not later than 9 o'clock a. m. for the transport of the luggage to the next hotel. Next overnight stay was Stein on Rhine (Switzerland). We also had to take in consideration that we had a marine transportation from the Island Reichenau to Gaienhofen. So we had to make sure to get at least the latest ship.

First stage was the Island of Reichenau (world heritage), which we headed via a street dam. This dam leads through reeds (Wollmatinger Riet), which is protected because of its rare flora and fauna. The island of Reichenau is famous for its Cathedral. At all times it was famous for its soil fertility and mild climate. We were arriving at the boat landing place in time, shoved our bicycles on the ship and crossed the Untersee to Mannenbach (Switzerland). But as this was just a stopover point. So we stayed on the boat and crossed the Untersee a second time to Gaienhofen (Germany).



There we didn't want to miss a visit at the Museum for one of the greatest authors of German tongue Hermann Hesse. In the museum I took some nice photos. One shows a glass window made from colored glass for decoration purposes. When you open it, you see through the transparent glass Windows. Until then I just had known decoration Windows as permanently installed Windows instead of transparent glass Windows, I also took a photo of a painting in an expres sionistic style, showing a view from the Hesse-house to the Untersee. You can see, that it is a very nice landscape.




1919 after the World War I Hermann Hesse moved to Montagnola at the Lake Lugano, where they have a Hesse-Museum as well. Maybe Ticino in Switzerland is more beautiful than Gaienhofen on the Hoeri-peninsula, but there you just have three seasons. Gaienhofen has a wonderful white winter too .

We biked on and had a good plain dinner (pork knuckle and a great beer) in a beer garden on the lake shore at Wangen-Oehningen ("Residenz am See"). Eventually we reached our Hotel in Stein on Rhine (Switzerland). We were content in Hotel "Grenzstein", which is situated next to the Checkpoint. This Checkpoint is not used very often. During the night we were not disturbed by any passing cars. And you can't deny a matter of fact: The room had lake view: The lake is behind the gas Station.