Camping on the Bodensee
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381810)
Rockingham, Australia
December 5, 2015 4:12am CST
After leaving Bad Säckingen we started looking for a place to spend the night. We ended up at a camping site on the edge of Bodensee (Lake Constance) which had 1100 pitches. We were becoming used to huge campsites although we stayed at some tiny ones as well. The French and Germans were as keen on touring around as we were it seemed. Some of the sites were obviously permanent and had little gardens, even garden sheds and fancy outdoor settings.
There was a large supermarket on site together with a very nice upmarket restaurant and a cheaper café. It was a four-star site. The showers and toilets were all spotless which was always a bonus.
After tea we walked down to the marina and took photos of the hundreds of yachts. The masts made some lovely patterns against the sky and reflected nicely too. I liked the little coots minding their own business on the lake. I thought the colourful pig at the entry was cute too.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Dec 15
After reading your travel posts I think I have met a traveller who is really into travelling. What a schedule!!!!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
5 Dec 15
Another beautiful place to stay for you - looks so lovely - I enjoy camping
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Dec 15
@JudyEv pretty good when it is like that - I have had just a tent and sleeping bag style camping trips too - rough but fun
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 15
@arthurchappell Such camping would be equally great. We're a bit old for that now and need a few more creature comforts. We saw lots of young people with all their gear on their backs or their bikes - and right up in the mountains too.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
5 Dec 15
Once upon a time when i was much younger, I had a plan to own three homes in lovely locations. I was going to rent them all out 2/3 of the year and live in them when the weather was to my liking (1/3 of each year). The Bodensee was the one of these locations. It is gorgeous. Did you go over and see the island of Mainau? It has a fabulous garden.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
6 Dec 15
@JudyEv If you were near Konstanz, then you were very near this little gem of an island. The gardens were designed by some princess or other who hired very skilled landscapers. The roses were especially delightful.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 15
@ElizabethWallace What a shame we didn't know about it.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 15
Wouldn't this just be the ideal? We have a lot of retirees in our area and every winter it seems half the town takes their caravan and heads north to the sun. Many go to the one particular town and spend the winter playing bowls with each other. We didn't get to the island. I've never heard of it. This happened a lot unfortunately. 
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 15
The facilities were A1. Better than what I have at home!
@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
5 Dec 15
This looks beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 15
I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is nice to be able to write about it and show the photos.
@Dragonairy1 (1722)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
8 Dec 15
I stayed at a camp site on Bodensee when I was about 8, for years I didn't realise that it and lake constance were one and the same
@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 15
Mostly caravans, motor-homes, fewer fifth-wheelers. Some were massive. How they got them in and out of places I don't know. Many had bikes on the back to use when they got where they were going. A few were towing a small car. In Australia we saw a big motor-home the other day with a motor bike on a support at the back towing a trailer with a 4WD and a tinny (dinghy) on a rack above the 4WD. He had all bases covered. :)
