Austrian detour

Had a quick look at the ski station and patted the friendly cows that were wearing huge brass bells around their necks. Then headed for Lake Constance via the Alpine Strasse scenic route (which was) until we were suddenly barred from going any further. Whilst studying maps for a detour realised that we were almost in Austria so decided to cross the border to the nearest village for coffee. Needless to say it was a nice ski resort called Tammien and had a good supermarket with cafe attached. So we did the food shopping for the next few days in Austria and then sat outside on cafe terrass enjoying the Tirolean scenery in the sunshine with a coffee and strawberry tart.

Lake Constance lies on the border between Switzerland and Germany and to the Germans it is known as Bodensee. So we found a small site right on the Bodensee shore close to the town of Freidrickshafen for three nights. Seems to be used mostly by motorhomes and has quite small pitches. Not ACSI or camping cheque, so its not very busy and there are no NL'ers.

Weather forecast is disappointingly cloudy and wet for the next few days.   The view over the lake to Switzerland and the Alps is just a murky blurr. The good news is that the satellite receiver is almost working again, but a marginal signal means some channels are OK (eg BBC news, ITV HD) but others (eg BBC1, 2) are breaking up. Wifi is 3 euros for the whole stay, cheaper than a shower a day!