Adventures in Überlingen

Everywhere we went, there were boats lined up on the Bodensee.  This was taken while we were waiting for a ferry to Überlingen. 

 

Überlingen was by far my favorite town.  As you can see below, there was a main shopping street with a bit of character.  It was also the only town that we stopped at (aside from Konstanz) that had a boardwalk on the Bodensee.  We ended up eating dinner right next to the walking path, and with a great view of the Lake.

 A story about Brot:  The restaurant that we had dinner at (I believe it was called Anna's Cafe)  did not have English menus.  This was typical for 2/3 of the restaurants we looked at.  This was our 6th day of our German-speaking vacation, so we recognized some words.  Our waitress at Anna's was nice, but we didn't want her to translate the menu for us.  We knew that Pff***** was the word for mushrooms, mit means with, kartoff is potato, etc.  We saw "Ensalat mit Brot" and we both had Bratwurst on the brain.  What would be better than a Bratwurst salad??!  Surely "Brot" was a shortened version of "Bratwurst."  Maybe it was in small patties instead of the traditional hot dog shape.  Needless to say, Brot is bread in German, it has nothing to do with Brats.  (And do you notice the o vs a?  We did not.)  Regardless of our mix-up, the salads were great and was a good change from the massive carbs and fats that we loaded on from spaeztle, brats, schnitzels, etc.

We watched the Sunset over the Bodensee (Lake).  The best part is that we could hear a 2 man band sing their songs at a nearby restaurant.  Their melody was the same for every song, but they used English lyrics from songs from the 90s, including a song about the Appalachian Mountains, one about the US South, and I think a Texas song.  It was fun to sing along.