We got up early this morning and went down to what seems to be the typical hostel buffet breakfast. We haven't been to many but, the handful we've been to have been pretty much the same. They are always nice though. Usually they consist of a few different kinds of cereal, fresh bread, some jams, hard boiled eggs, various cheese slices, yoghurt, milk, juice, and coffee. A great way to start the morning.
We went back upstairs and looked off the balcony at the beautiful view of the lake. We shortly got our things together and went off in search for the ferry to Meersburg. We shortly crossed over into Germany at Konstanz, which was strangely guarded by military. We rode for a bit more trying to follow the bike signs which were of a little bicycle with a blue wheel. 
Finally we found the ferry and jumped on for the short jaunt to the other side of the lake to continue our route through Germany. Meersburg is an adorable little town, so we stopped and took some pictures and Skylar played in the park. The route was much nicer than the Switzerland side with much better markings of the path. We rode along the lake edge for a while and stopped to play a game of miniature golf. A very hard game of golf, I might add. Then we rode a bit more and stopped for lunch at this quaint little restaurant. She gave us the english menu, but the translations were a bit off. I ordered mushroom herb donuts because I was sick of eating pasta and curious as to what they could be. Well, they turned out to be crepes, but they were really good. Skylar got the spätzle, which was also quite good. 
We rode on for quite a bit more and stopped in Freidrichshafen, which is another cute little lakeside town. We stopped at one of the ten ice cream places within a fifty foot radius and then Skylar played in this fountain for awhile. My original plan included taking the ferry from here to Bregenz, but the day was only half over and I wanted to keep riding and figured we'd take the ferry from Lindau instead. Just a little outside of town we stopped for a swim and to skip some rocks along the lake. Then back on the bikes to continue our ride.
We rode through so many fruit orchards, I was so tempted to sample from. There were lots of grape vineyards, apple trees, pear trees, and some that I think were prune trees. The path went along the lake, through some towns and through some farming areas. It was all really nice. At about 4pm, the sky opened up and it started to pour. Luckily we were near a bridge and we took shelter for about 20 minutes until it slowed down quite a bit. It was still drizzling, but we went on. The rain cooled things off quite a bit and made that sweet smell in the air which was really refreshing. I felt like we could just ride all day. Which, I guess we did, because we couldn't find the ferry dock in Lindau, so decide to continue riding to Bregenz. At this point it was getting pretty late and we were starving, but I wanted to get to the hostel before we stopped so that we wouldn't be searching in the dark again. I was also afraid it would start storming again. Skylar was pretty tired at this point, but kept trucking on. He did a great job and I let him set the pace most of the time. We even stopped at a few more playgrounds just to stretch our legs a bit. At about 8:30pm, we crossed into Austria. We crossed two country borders in one day! Three countries in one day by bike! So cool :)
We had to ask where the hostel was, but eventually found it and checked in at about 9:30pm. We put our stuff in the room which seemed to be full this time and then went back down to the bar area to get some food. All they really had was frozen pizza, but we were hungry and it worked. Then we went straight to bed. After biking about 70km, it didn't take much to fall asleep.More pictures can be seen at: http://picasaweb.google.com/osani77/BodenseeBikeTourDay2
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