It has been 8 weeks since we were in Germany right at the
start of the trip. In mid May it was cold and raining, today the sun is shining
on the van before 6 a.m. and I am up
early to go and sit by the flat calm lake.
Chiemsee is a pretty large lake ( maybe 8km across) with 2
islands of real interest - one with a
Palace built as a replica of ‘Palace of Versailles’ and the other with 1400
year monastery and a small village( with bars ) . As we set off in the Kayak
the wind starts to pick up such that the 2km to the first island is hard work. The
lake also has hundreds ( no exaggeration) of boats on it...sail, motor, launch,
steamer, row, pedalo......and the sail boats need some navigating through as
they do not like to change course.
We head slowly around the larger island and then over open
water to the smaller of the 2 where we leave the boat and start on the
Weissbier ( white beer) and some food. Charlie is bored at the table so decides
to busk with his bottle of bubbles; lots of smiles, no cash but he is not
deterred.
The island attracts loads of visitors and the steamers are
in and out from the piers every 10 minutes...with the wind behind us we head
back over to the large island and then back to the campsite . With the Kayak we
are able to take a sneaky peek at the 1000 m long ‘Grand Canal’ which was built from the Palace to the open lake...they did things properly in those days
A 12 Km paddle by the time we got back with swims in the
lake to cool down - top day indeed.
Day 59 Germany is a
big country but 1100 Km on their motorways and we make it to Denmark.
Calm evening on the Danish east coast - water surprisingly warm |
We need to leave early the following morning as we have 1400
Km to do in 2 days to get to the top of Denmark. We should be in bed early but
we eat late, drink late and go to bed late.
We are on the road by 07:30 and other than 4 fuel stops and
a short break for lunch we eat up the Km on the motorways at a steady 110 Km/hr
arriving at a campsite at Genner Strand on the Danish Baltic coast at 8 pm. If
Austria appeared neat then Denmark take it another level.
The campsite pitches are manicured to perfection with neatly trimmed box hedges between each of them. We have gained 30 more minutes at the end of the day and the sun set is beautiful.Day 59 Prien (Chiemsee Lake) (D) 0 Km Total 7781 km
Day 60 Prien (Chiemsee Lake) (D) to Genner Strand ( Dnk) 1099 Km Total 8880 km
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