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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Austria | Germany | Switzerland | spring | water | lakes | scenic drives | outdoor | cycling)
Germany/Switzerland/Austria: Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
Germany/Switzerland/Austria: Bodensee (Lake of Constance)
The the mild climate, friendly scenery and picturesque towns make the Bodensee attractive (Lake Constance in English). A fleet of round-trip-boats connects all sites and a cycle track circling the lake makes it Europe's first bikers destination.
If you like to get an impression of the text, which is a series of captions to the photos, please put the button style (top right) at "journal".![Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.MITTEL 00887] 'Flower fields.' Along the Bodensee near Arbon, with a view towards Germany. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/887/733057_erXX4-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [SWITZER.MITTEL 00887] 'Flower fields.' Along the Bodensee near Arbon, with a view towards Germany. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00896] 'Floating stage.' More then 400 actors fit on the world's biggest floating stage at Bregenz. Here the summer Festspiele take place (theatre and opera), with nearly 7000 people watching. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/896/733062_kD8u2-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00896] 'Floating stage.' More then 400 actors fit on the world's biggest floating stage at Bregenz. Here the summer Festspiele take place (theatre and opera), with nearly 7000 people watching. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900] 'Rheindelta.' It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/900/733084_zEZuG-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900] 'Rheindelta.' It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00905] 'Rolls Royce museum.' The largest Rolls Royce museum is in Austria, Dornbirn - not in England. Owner Franz Vonier shows the Rolls of the Queen Mum, among many celebrities, and tells tasty stories about cars and owners. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/905/733065_Lk9qY-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00905] 'Rolls Royce museum.' The largest Rolls Royce museum is in Austria, Dornbirn - not in England. Owner Franz Vonier shows the Rolls of the Queen Mum, among many celebrities, and tells tasty stories about cars and owners. Photo Paul Smit.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00909] 'Spirit of Ecstacy.' Better known as the Flying Lady, she is the car mascot on every Rolls Royce. The Rolls Royce museum in Dornbirn possesses this life size beauty, also made by sculptor Charles Sykes. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/909/733049_osXXL-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00909] 'Spirit of Ecstacy.' Better known as the Flying Lady, she is the car mascot on every Rolls Royce. The Rolls Royce museum in Dornbirn possesses this life size beauty, also made by sculptor Charles Sykes. Photo Paul Smit.")
[AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900]
'Rheindelta.'
It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit. ![> [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900] 'Rheindelta.' It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/GermanySwitzerland-Bodensee/900/733084_zEZuG-S-1.jpg "> [AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900] 'Rheindelta.' It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit.")
[AUSTRIA.VORARL 00900]
'Rheindelta.'
It's called the delta of the Rhine, it's flat and criscrossed by dikes. Holland? No: Austria, the Rheindelta where the river flows into the Bodensee. Once farmland, now it is protected as nature reserve. Photo Paul Smit. All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
