Day 2 Tubingen - Burg Hozenhollern- Meersburg

We woke up at 6am..still getting used to the time change. Since it was too early for breakfast we headed out for a walk around town to take some pictures...beautiful quiet morning. We ended up at the town square where eveyone was very busy settign up for the morning market. Flowers, meats ..cheeses..Back tot he otel for a quick bfst them we hit the road. We drove about 30 minutes to Burg Hozenhollern - very old castle way up on a mountain. I thought it opened at 930 but found out when we got there that it did not open until 1000..so we parked in lot which was about half way up and hiked the rest of the steep climb up...it was quite the work out and showed us just how out of shape we are! it took about 30 minutes to get to the top and we just wandered around waiting for someone to kick us out but noone ever did!! So we hiked back down - which was much easier..on the way down we came across a group of about 10 germans probably in their 60 hiking their way up ..and as we passed them they broke out into song..very surreal hiking throught the black forest and song breaking out..they were really good too! We drove about 1 more hour to Meesburg..beautiful lake town on Lake Konstanz. We checked into the Hotel Baren right in the center of town and wandered areound..found a nice spot for lunch on the lake..another menu we could not read so just picked soemthing and both ended up with nice salads..It was about 90 degrees and like an oven..I had to give in and buy a hat before my scalp got burnt..It was a very good call! We also did the tour of the Old Castle( There is a new one too) ..then back to the room for a nap..we headed out for dinner and ended up back on the lake front and ended the night at a small wine bar! Great little town... We were kept up pretty late by the bar across the street..I can't imagine what it would have been like if Germany had won...I am sure much lounder..Although we were rooting for Germany while in Germany we wll now be rooting for Italy while in Milan for the final game of the world cup!! Until Tomottow!