To take advantage of the few sunny days that one can enjoy here in St.Gallen, I've been on a bike tour around the Constance Lake yesterday. Three things I would like to take with me to Romania from that tour:
1. Importance of infrastructure - it's because I knew that wherever I end up with my bike I will still find a train or a ship to take me back to Switzerland, I dared to further on this trip that I did alone.
It's incredible how important the infrastructure is. Imagine that in 4 hours I was able to go from Switzerland to Austria and then end up in Germany. On the way you have enough signs to confirm you that you're on the right track and a lot of places to rest.
2. Bike routes - As I mentioned already, not only are the bike routes very well signaled, but on the way if there's anything interesting that one needs to pay attention to, you find informative posters as the one you see below:
The bike routes each have their own names besides having numbers, that is: one is called "Around the lake", another one "Orchard Route" and so on.
When biking, one idea crossed my mind: when were these routes designed and what was their impact on the touristic attraction of the towns which cross this route? Furthermore, did more people choose to live there since they had these additional amenities?
3. Difference between Germany and Switzerland at the Constance Lake - When I arrived to Lindau I couldn't help notice the high number of tourists and residence relaxing in the sun on the terraces with the lake view and in the old city.
Until now you might say, nothing to wonder about because Lindau is known as being a very beautiful city and a main touristic attraction in the area.
However, when you get on the Swiss side of the lake, everything is quite, calm; you meet few people walking on the lake shore and even fewer terraces with lake view.
Except for the bike trekkers who are in transit in Switzerland in their journey around the lake, there's nothing much happening.
So I wondered why is it so: is it because of the price difference that tourists prefer to go to Austria or to Germany at the Constance Lake? Or is it because of the leisure attractions and other facilities (tennis fields, swimming baths, mini events) that are offered by the German and Austrian towns on the lake? Or is it because Switzerland has so many lakes that the people are distributed to each of them and then you don't see so many people at one lake?
All these are assumptions and I'm looking forward to your opinion on this matter.
Have a great weekend wherever you are, my friends!
L.
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