Well, this is the last of the "wedding" blog entries and it covers the trip back to Blighty. Actually it'll probably stop just before we get on the plane as there is nothing remotely polite or interesting about plane travel these days - especially not in a flying cattle truck. Anyway, you left us at 3am crawling into bed following the reception and not long after we crawled out again for the final breakfast. I should say that the breakfasts were great, fresh rolls, cheese and meats with freshly made scrambled eggs too. Yum. So we said our goodbyes and set off back across the Alps to Germany (which didn't take long) and then back across to Lake Konstanz. The plan was to wander about the town and have some lunch before we were packed away in our cattle truck for the trip home. We stopped in Fredericks-half-a-town (although it looked pretty complete to me), which is unbelievably pretty
and very clean. The town has old buildings and gardens all along the lake front with tables outside all the restaurants. We ate fantastic food and wandered through the quiet streets admiring the architecture (or not as the case may be) and enjoying the Autumn sunshine. Near the town hall was a seriously fantastic and weird fountain with some of the best public sculptures I'd ever seen.
There were alot more too all over the town. I recall hearing someone say that the level of civilisation a place has can be gauged by the amount of public art and public spaces it has. If that is the case then Ferdericks-half-an-artwork is up there with the best. We strolled along the prom along with the good citizens and sat a while looking at the lake. It was both peaceful and beautiful. If only the weekend could have ended there and then. Instead we had to go to the airport, hand back the car and have the mood spoilt by the rubbish that goes with air travel these days. That said, even the air trip didn't dent the sense of well being I had from the weekend. I shall leave you with more examples of old Freddie's public artwork. Enjoy, I know I did.
and very clean. The town has old buildings and gardens all along the lake front with tables outside all the restaurants. We ate fantastic food and wandered through the quiet streets admiring the architecture (or not as the case may be) and enjoying the Autumn sunshine. Near the town hall was a seriously fantastic and weird fountain with some of the best public sculptures I'd ever seen. 
There were alot more too all over the town. I recall hearing someone say that the level of civilisation a place has can be gauged by the amount of public art and public spaces it has. If that is the case then Ferdericks-half-an-artwork is up there with the best. We strolled along the prom along with the good citizens and sat a while looking at the lake. It was both peaceful and beautiful. If only the weekend could have ended there and then. Instead we had to go to the airport, hand back the car and have the mood spoilt by the rubbish that goes with air travel these days. That said, even the air trip didn't dent the sense of well being I had from the weekend. I shall leave you with more examples of old Freddie's public artwork. Enjoy, I know I did. 
2 comments:
My darling, you need to get your facts right! We wanted to go to Konstanz, but we only made it to Friedrichshafen. So all the pics you took are from Friedrichshafen :-)
Ooops, mistakes - purely down to my age - the mind's not what it was - have been rectified and now old Freddie can attain the status he so deserves.
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