Jura Day 05

Breakfast was cereal, bread with butter and marmalade or jam, and a hot drink.  We walked back up to the ridge and admired the view south.  We could just make out some peaks much higher than everything else in the far west.  (maybe the Eiger?  You might see them by opening the photo and zooming in).  We dropped off the ridge on a track made of interlocking concrete blocks so although steep, the surface was good.  We reached the valley and followed a farm track.  As we crossed from Germany into Austria there were various signs, the first we have seen on our numerous crossings of the border.  Further down on the Austrian side there was a shack and a large sign quoting the duty for various types of vehicles to cross.  As the track on the German side didn’t go anywhere we couldn’t work out why anyone would drive there.  The track became a road dropping slowly down the valley.  By now Christine was starting to have the same symptoms as I had two days ago, so we dropped our pace and made good use of the regular benches.  We branched off the route to pass through a village and stopped for a cake and drink.  It was then only another 30 minutes of walking downhill to the hotel.  Dinner was good, but the portions were enormous and we each left half of our main course.  It was another early night, and we’ve decided to take the bus to Bregenz tomorrow rather than suffer for another day.  From Bregenz we have several days on the flat before reaching the Jura.