A mouthful of a town to say, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen was where I spent my first 2.5 months in Germany au pairing for a family and the base of the travels I have written about thus far.
I would be surprised if you have ever heard of this tiny town along the shores of Lake Constance/the Bodensee, but it does have a bit to offer.
I only feel really foolish that I never took my actual camera with me on my walks along the lake.
The two sights to see (apart from the lake) are the Basilica and the Pfalbauten.
The Basilica of Birnau is a gorgeous baroque cathedral surrounded by vineyards with a view of the lake and, on a clear day, the Alps. I stepped inside once (no pics allowed) and it was very ornate. Despite having driven past this church numerous times, I never got a decent picture of it. Especially without the Alps being completely clouded over, so I’ll give you this:
The other sight is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Pfahlbauten is a prehistoric (think several millennia to centuries BC) settlement of stilt houses around the lake. They are found all over on the lakes and rivers of Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, and Switzerland (the Alps region of Europe) with 111 sites total.
There was also a tractor museum, which I thought my dad would enjoy. I never visited it, but was slightly tempted.
Other than that, I enjoyed walking along the lake on the days it wasn’t raining (few during my last month) and strolling through the tiny town.
The bad part of being there when I was (October-December) is that I never got to really enjoy the lake. I would love to head to the lake in the summer, go swimming, maybe boating, and ride my bike along the shores of the lake. Actually, there is a bike trail completely encircling the lake…I’m definitely tempted to return and do that some day.
Into Uncertainty 