The Chiemsee is the largest lake in Bavaria, and is a common vacation destination. The lake is best known for the Herren Insel (Gentlemen's Island), which has the last/largest of the Ludwig II castles, the one that is modelled after Versailles. This was a much shorter and much less hilly day. We biked to the lake, took the ferry to the Herren Insel, took a tour of the Castle (it was lived in for less than a week, before Ludwig died under suspicious circumstances), then hopped on the ferry to the Frauen Insel (of course, a smaller island, populated by nuns originally) where we had lunch at an outdoor restaurant that specialized in herring from the lake. We then biked about a quarter of the way around the lake and headed back to our hotel. With about 3 hours of sightseeing, there was a lot less time for biking, but still an enjoyable day. Did I mention we had sunshine all day? This was probably the best weather of the trip; the rain was gone but it hadn't gotten hot yet.
Photographically:
You get to see Jay, just as we got to the lake.
And here are the two of us.
It does look like Versailles, right?
Including the fountains.
A view of the lake (after lunch). Afternoon clouds rolling in.
And the mountains we were riding through all the time.
Here is the lake from a bit further away.
Dinner was much simpler than the night before -- we found an Italian place with a Russian waiter that was just the light meal we needed.
Today's ride: 57km, 1800 ft elevation gain.
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