Bavarian Spring

Wednesday 2 April.

We awoke to a light shower which appeared to be the order of the day, how wrong we were. As the day progressed so did the weather, thunder and lightning, hail, sleet and snow – a pleasant Bavarian Alps spring day!

Not to be put off, we programmed the GPS for Wangen, part which dates from the 15^th century but for some reason it can’t find a town unless we include a street, so we asked the GPS to find a parking location in town and set off, Wednesday being market day we thought that would be interesting event. Somehow we finished up in a little village quite some distance from where we intended. Trying again we eventually arrived at Wangen and wandered through the old part of town, just as we were leaving the market area a strong wind hit the market, knocking down many of the stall covers, this was followed by thunder and lightning and as we arrived at the car a heavy hail storm.

We then set of for Isny and learning about the foibles of the GPS asked to be directed to the Town Hall, all went well until we encountered new road works and a detour road which threw the GPS into “Recalculating” mode again. We went to Isny to visit an “all year round” Christmas shop, which has closed, so we programmed the GPS for “home” driving through a snow fall on the way. Tomorrow the forecast is for snow, so it may be a good day for a rest.