Baden Baden and Lindau Island

June 22
I had to start my day early if I was going to be able to stick to my travel plans (05:30).  I said my goodbyes to Brian and Irene and I was out the door again.

Front of Nude Bath (sorry couldn't take in my camera inside)

My first stop of the day was about an hour train ride away to a town called Baden Baden.  There isn't really much to the town itself but it is famous for its nude baths.  Going to Baden Baden to participate in its nude baths was one of my must do experiences that I had decided before coming to Germany.  My brother in-law went to the nude baths a few years ago to write an article for a travel magazine about his experience there.  I was just so entertained by the idea of how uncomfortable most people are with nudity around strangers so I decided this would an excellent stepping out of your comfort zone experience and I needed to partake in it.  I spent about three hours going through all the various bathing and lounging rooms before consuming some lunch and catching my next set of trains for my final destination.

Ice Cream in Lindau

Though I was on trains for another four hours time seemed to fly by.  The country side of the Black Forest is breath taking and I just found myself starring out the window the whole time.  I rolled into Lindau around 6:30 pm and found my B&B (without a map or GPS, lucky!) about fifteen minutes later.  To take advantage of the remaining daylight I had left, I found some ice cream and walked around for a bit while enjoying the scenery.  The view across the lake is spectacular, I saw tall snow tipped mountains in Switzerland along with sail boats gliding across the water.  Now if you please excuse me I need to finish eating my ice cream while I enjoy my view.

Tomorrow I go see a Neuschwanstein Castle and then move on to the country side at the feet of the Bavarian Alps.