The weather forecast for the next few days was rather dismal, and indeed it had started to rain on Sunday evening, but all things considered, Monday (11 Mai 2026) wasn't quite as bad as expected.
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| View from our patio at about 8:00 that morning... |
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| ...and ten nminutes later: A glimpse of blue sky and sun! |
The entire day went by at a leisurely pace, partly spent in the spa with suprisingly few other people. In between two rounds in the sauna, we rested and read; it was very cosy and relaxing.
We had booked a back & shoulders massage each for mid-afternoon (all in view of the "bad weather day", since on a dry day those times would probably have interfered with the day's hike), and by the time we were finished, it had brightened up and stopped raining.
Of course we took the chance and went for a little walk around the village, just under an hour, and then changed for dinner which was again really delicious.
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| This is the building next to the hotel where our flat is on the ground floor; you can just about see the kitchen window in the lower right corner. The patio and garden are at the back of the house. There are other flats in the building, and the mother of the hotel owner & chef lives in one of them. |
Afterwards, we looked through our "proper" wedding pictures together - the photographer had sent us the link to an online album, and we sorted through the pictures, deciding on which ones to keep, which ones to delete and which ones to send to family and friends. It is amazing how much time one can spend over something like that!
It was considerably cooler than before at about 15C/59F, and a chilly wind made it seem even cooler. But for tomorrow, no more rain was forecast, and we were looking forward to another hike.
It's nice to have cooler weather for your hiking. You picked a lovely hotel in such a pretty area and it sounds as if you are really enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't too hot on Sunday, but we didn't mind the cooler temperatures - it is easy to dress against cold, but a totally wet day and wading knee-deep in mud is not much fun for a hike :-)
DeleteWe enjoyed it all very much (been back home since last Thursday).
Nice to have a whole flat for your holiday -and your own patio- rather than just a room! :)
ReplyDeleteWe really like that flat (it was our second time there, while the first time at that hotel we had a regular room); it is so much more relaxing when you don't just have the space around a double bed when you're in your room.
DeletePatio view just perfect. Building next door pure German fairy tale.
ReplyDeleteBreakfast up to 11.30 is a boon. Bells & brass bands on Sunday disrupted your sleep.
I have no trouble sleeping. Some days I sleep longer. My brain's a lot older than yours.
Your walk up the the hill had me dreaming. The horses too. I can watch them all day.
I'm reading Temple Grandin's Animals in Translation : An autistic woman & horses.
I always liked the way George in German is Georg : the e in English redundant.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel : ever since reading about the Young Hegelians,
and their influence on Marxist thought I have been fascinated by Hegel.
I liked the clean uncluttered interior of your hotel in Limpach.
Lake Constance and the snow-capped Alps beyond - Paradise.
We like the interior of the hotel flat, too; it is uncluttered but not sterile, and with our flowers on the table and our personal stuff around it felt cosy.
DeleteThe views of the lake and the Alps were much clearer with the naked eye than what my mobile phone's camera showed in the photos. Majestic!
Like you, I would have enjoyed that cooler temp for walking. It just looks so nice! Live that you have all that space both inside the flat and all that lovely walking area. The food and the spa sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt really was wonderful all around, Kay! On the Sunday it had been so warm we'd hiked in shorts and short sleeves - not possible anymore for the rest of our holiday, but not a problem, of course.
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