Blogs from Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Da meine Zeit in Stuttgart nach rund 3 Jahren langsam zu Ende geht, habe ich die gestrige Fahrt dorthin für einen Umweg über Friedrichshafen und einem Besuch des dortigen Dornier Museums genutzt. Die erste Frage bei diesem berühmten Flughafenbauer, der auch für die Luftwaffe produzierte, ist sein Name. Der kommt von seinem französischem Vater, aber er selbst wurde 1913 eingebürgert. Im Museum habe ich zuerst im Restaurant gegessen und eine alkoholfreie Seeweiße getrunken, bevor ich die Besichtigung startete. Es waren einige Fluggeräte ausgestellt und man konnte in einen Seeaufklärer der Marine hinein gehen. Auch Bell-Hubschrauber wurden vom Unternehmen in dreistelliger Stückzahl und Lizenz produziert. Die ME 109, die vor einiger Zeit noch gezeigt wurde, habe ich aber nicht mehr gesehen. Im Anschluss an den Museumsbesuch setzte ich die Fahrt fort und nachdem seit meinem letzten Besuch ... read more

We were picked up for breakfast at 0900 and we loaded our luggage in the back of the van and had a buffet with fabulous coffee and hot chocolate's and then back to the airport to pick up the hire car. A long wait at the Hertz office before loading into our very well broken in Ford Transit van. A few stressful kilometres where driver and navigator sorted out a mutually beneficial communication method and we were off. Drove past the Como region which looked lovely, but didn't stop as we will stop there on the way back. Crossed into Switzerland (and paid the 35 euro fee for an annual toll pass) and headed to Germany through the San Bernardino pass. It was a very scenic drive, with waterfalls, castle ruins and majestic mountains. Very nice ... read more

Hello :) Today me and my oncle have flown fron Oslo Rygge with Ryanair to Memmingen Allgaü airport. We went with a Boeing 737-800 and it was really funny ^^ When we got o memmingen we took a train to Friedrichshafen, but we stepped on the wrong train, but everything worked out fine, we went via Ulm instead of some other place haha :) In Friedrichshafen we left our bags on the hotel and the we took a bus to Meersburg and from there the ferry to the island of Mainau. It was a stunning place, so many flowers, so big and really hard to soak it all up haha :) But we should have stayed there for a whole week to be able to see it all! Back in Friedrichshafen we ate and then went ... read more

All of us woke and had sore hands and couldn't work out why. It took all our brain power to deduce that it was actually from holding onto steins for the past 3 days! Jaimee and Joel got sorted early and headed off to go see a concentration camp. Nic and I would have liked to have gone too but didn't have time as we had to make our way to Friedrichshafen, a small industrial town on the edge of Lake Constance (South West Germany). Once we arrived we had a bit of a trek to find our hostel. We thought it was worth it when we saw the building and were looking forward to relaxing for the next day and a bit. We walked inside and were told at reception that because we hadn't confirmed ... read more