Munich to Lindau

The U Bahn in Munich makes it simple to get around the city. We had dumped the rental car at the train station when we arrived and used the subway to get everywhere from then on. For the next leg of our adventure, we needed to get to a rental station in the north part of town to pick up our next mode of transportation

I had done a lot of research on renting vs. shipping our bike for the amount of time we are going to be here. The two advantages to bringing our own would have been having our custom setup on the bike and being able to ship the gear with the bike. The disadvantages would have been cost and being more at the mercy of weather planning than we were. As it was, we rented our cars and the bike from Sixt car rentals. Their prices have been very reasonable, especially for the bike, which was about half that of the competition. The downside is that they don't rent gear for you or the bike, but that was solved with a short trip to local vendors.

Jayne has a new helmet!

Looking for lunch in Percha

A sign we had to explore

Bavarian countryside

In the distance is a fairytale castle

We wanted to get a good look at Neuschwanstein Castle. Unfortunately, by the time we got there, they were closing for the day. We'll see if we can drop by later in the trip.

That doesn't mean we didn't see any other castles. this is Schloß 

Hohenschwangau, a summer residence of King Ludwig II

By many accounts, this was the model for the castle at Disneyland

We arrived in Lindau, on the Bodensee (or Lake Constance to the Swiss) in plenty of time to explore. It is a beautiful port city on a huge Alpine lake.

The lighthouse and lion

Hotel Freihof