Today we leave the Schwabian Black Forest and officially enter Bavaria. Several clues as to what Bavaria will hold for us…
Adorable Bavarian houses. Be prepared to scroll through a lot of these quickly - it turns out I have a weakness for adorable Bavarian houses. Note the wall of chopped wood holding up the flowers.
Stockpiling firewood is a popular pastime it appears
Chainsaw art abounds
And cycling. Turns out Bavaria is cycle tourist central, and all the strangely superhuman euro-riders are out in force.
Here’s Eric getting passed by two seniors in flip-flops
And passing a woman laden down with camping gear, food, a small keg, etc.
Kempten is the end of Germany’s “Romantic Road” so we head out to see what all the romance is about. Sights are sparse, but we find some nice old buildings.
Some almost familiar retail
All things gummi store
A church
Atop the basilica. And then to a beer garden next door for supper.
I’m really tired of pork. And you will be too after a few more meals! Here, roast, with blue kraut and potato dumplings - damn, this is the summer menu!
I know I should stop posting these, but I want to see if he can equal the duck breast record from France…
And two local brews to wash it down - we will soon discover that every town in Bavaria has it’s local brew.