Overnight in Meersburg, Germany - Southern Germany's Bodensee Lakeside Hidden Gem!

Join us as we kick off our biggest series yet! A road trip around Europe where we visit 5 countries for our 5 year anniversary! First up, Meersburg, Germany!
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It's our 5 year anniversary! To celebrate, we made our way from Tucson, AZ to Europe to visit 5 different countries by train, plane and automobile!
In this first episode, we made our way through a hectic and long travel day. Our first flight took us from Tucson, AZ to San Francisco, CA with a 4.5 hour layover; enough time to grab dinner and relax. The second flight took us from SFO airport to Zurich, Switzerland. Once we arrive in Switzerland after a 10.5 hour flight, we picked up our rental car from Enterprise: a 3 cylinder Renault Clio - what would become essentially home base for a week.
After picking up the car, we drove about an hour and a half to Konstanz to take the ferry across the Bodensee to Meersburg, Germany - a quaint/quiet lakeside town with half-timbered houses/buildings, and a well preserved historic castle at the heart of town. Our first hotel of the trip: Hotel Rauchfang - a medieval themed boutique hotel that had excellent attention to detail and a charming atmosphere.
After checking in to the hotel, we settled in, freshened up, and made our way out for a sunset stroll through the town and along the lakeside. We were greeted by live acoustic music just before the hill to the entrance of the castle - Burg Meersburg. After exploring the area around the castle, we made our way over to Gutsschänke Meersburg for dinner. This place is not only special for its excellent views of the Bodensee, but also their excellent food and wine made from the grapes grown in the vineyard on the hillside below the restaurant. An excellent introduction to the fresh and flavorful food of Europe, and a perfect way to end our first evening in Germany!
Stay tuned for future episodes as we make our way to Fussen, Germany to explore Castle Nueschwanstein, down to Austria for a night in a 12th century castle (and King Ludwig's favorite vacation spot), over to Venice, Italy to stay in a 15th century palace, then across to Zermatt to see the Matterhorn, and finally up to Paris. Plenty of adventure to come, so stay tuned! Thank you for watching, we'll see you in the next one!

[@thestubbornbulldog6964]

Low light filming achieved with great strides! Great video!!

[@forzaev6733]

Sehr schön😊

[@LeisureTravelers]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@SpookyNights]

I hope you two have/had an amazing trip! Thanks for vlogging it and taking us along with you 😁 cant wait to see you guys spend the night in a castle! That lowkey sounds spooky lol.

[@VeronicaRyanVideos]

Thank you! This trip has been in the works for years, everything fell into place and things went perfectly! Right? Over 900 years old, I'm sure plenty of people have passed in its history. It was an awesome and unique experience, that video will be next week. Thanks for the support!

[@DiscoveringGermany]

Meersburg is an amazing place, and the Burg is a nice visit. BUT the best is the Taffy shop and just enjoying the town and food.

[@VeronicaRyanVideos]

It really was! It was our first time there in Germany. Thanks for your input! We would love to go back soon!

[@arnodobler1096]

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[@helloscandinavia]

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[@simonlippok40]

Why not planning a little bit more time in Meersburg instead of Venice ? Venice is not worth it to stay many days, the center is explored fast and there is not a lot more besides stinky canals 😅 I would have at least taken 2-3 days to stay in Meersburg and Lake Constance in general. Just one evening is pretty short to explore this place in my opinion. Anyways good video, thanks for uploading 👍

[@VeronicaRyanVideos]

We had no clue how special Meersburg would be! We certainly should have planned more time there. The peacefulness of the small town with so much history, the beautiful nature surrounding the area, and the extremely friendly people we encountered. Definitely on our list to spend more time there if we do another Europe trip in the future. And agreed, Venice isn't quite our scene. Certainly glad we did it, but a day and a half was more than enough for us. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video!