Schliersee, Germany

 Saturday 18th June

We left Westendorf in beautiful sunshine this morning and headed via Worgl onto the motorway following the River Inn, turning off south of Munich as there was somewhere that we have been looking forward to visiting - Hausham!!  We learnt of its existence when we were in Italy because Levico Terme had a sign saying they were twinned with Hausham, Germany. Anyway as we drove past it and on to Camping Lido beside Lake Schliersee, we spotted the railway station, but certainly not much town.  However, after yet another shower of rain over lunch, it was a fine afternoon for a walk along a wanderweg into Hausham.

From Denne Hill to Hausham?

Photo taken Sunday morning through very wet windscreen!

There were a couple of similarities with our town - it has a railway station and a fountain that doesn't work!
 
 

Had to put this one in to prove it doesn't rain all the time!

 We had hoped that after an hour's walking we would be able to find a cup of tea - after all, look at the choice we have in Horsham!  Er, no not in Hausham.  We did find the only one, though - but decided their ice cream looked so good, we would have a cornet at 1€ each.  In case the sun melted them quickly, we started to sit down at an outside table, only to be waved off - we suppose they were hoping for some customers who would spend a bit more!  So we walked a few yards to a seat near the rather odd fountain and entertained two old boys on the next seat who looked like they sit there every day forever hoping something exciting will happen.  We were hoping to take a photo of their town centre to compare ....

... this could be it ...

  but we couldn't find one - it just seemed to be one main street with a few residential roads off.  But as ever in this part of the world, they had an enormous Church - St. Anton.
 
Beautiful architecture, too ornate inside for us, but they had a large display case containing a model of Jesus' life that we very much admired and coveted. 

Stable with animals and shepherds, no doubt completed at Christmastime

 
 
 
 
Back at our lake, we admired the views from the campsite and wondered whether to stay another day and walk around the lake tomorrow.
 

But then the rain started again ....


Sunday 19th June

.... it continued all night and just didn't let up when we were having breakfast.  So there was no point in staying.  And even more reason to leave when John went to pay for the 1 night - it cost twice as much as most sites - nearly 40€!!  So we did a bit more travelling towards home and twice, firstly south of Munich, then north of Memmingen, got caught in very slow-moving traffic, so took to the minor roads for a while.  We came to Illertissen, on the River Iller, south of Ulm.  After rain most of the way, it has been dry all the rest of the afternoon and evening and now there is even a sunset to admire - the first since Lake Bled.

We are told that proper summer is coming on Wednesday ....