Bodensee (known in English as Lake Constance) is a huge lake in the southern part of Germany that borders Switzerland and Austria as well. It has many interesting old towns along its shores, some of which my friend and I passed through on our drive from Stuttgart to Fussen. Here are some of the lake views on that trip. (2001)
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One of our first sights of Bodensee was from the Basilica of Birnau, a pilgrimage church on the lakeside
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A view of the lake on a sunny day from the old palace at Meersburg
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The big lake started to get choppy as clouds moved in
Posing on the Lake Constance at Lindau with the Austrian alps in the distance
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