Chiemsee Picnic

Summer means a list of holidays and of course, the warmth of the sun and some nice bbqs. For the past few weeks, holidays are in abundance. Even today is a holiday. Today is Corpus Christi so in Bavaria is'a a public holiday because it's a Catholic State. Most people will extend their holidays when a public holiday falls on a Tueday or a Thursday. But for us students, it's the start of hard work because exam is next month. Remind me again when was my last exam.. only a few months ago.

During the 5 day holidays last week, we went over to Chiemsee for a picnic. Chiemsee is a huge lake with a few islands in it. It's 2 hours away by train from Landshut and it really is a pretty picture because as you enter the area, you can the the Alps standing gloriously topped with snow.

Apparently Chiemsee is very popular during the summer weekends and public holidays. We went on a Friday, which was not a public holiday so the local train wasn't in operation. This train takes you from the Prien am Chiemsee train station to the ferry point where you can hop on to the island of your choice. Because the train wasn't operating, we went by foot to the Ferry Terminal which was 20 minutes away. And I actually enjoyed walking in the warm weather. At the ferry teriminal, tickets are sold for single rides and also for day passes. We took a day pass because the single rides are only for the Herreninsel. We went to the Frauen insel which was further down.

The ferry ride was about 20 minutes

Fraueninsel 

We intentionally went to have a small bbq, just the both of us and have a dip in the waters but it was cold. The place was quite quiet since it was not a holiday. There are a few cafes and restaurants (serving a variety of grilled fish) and some handicraft shops. The place was small and lovely, very much 'kampung nelayan' like. We bought with us a disposable bbq pit and bbq-ed some Jerk Chicken. Jamie Oliver and Levi Roots style. 

 (L-R) We sat right next to the waters where a man was mending his boat :: 

Our lunch. I packed Nasi Goreng Kampung too

Some duckies were really interested in our food and we couldn't push them away. They were actually really annoving and they had their duckling with them which was hard to find because they we shorter that the grass! They were actually quite mad because we didn't feed them and decided to play duck jets with us. By duck jets I mean they purposely jump into the water and fly above us still wet! This was done by about 3 ducks.

Silly ducks. Try spotting their ducklings.

After eating, I actually took a nap for a hour (which I didn't realise) under the warm sun and I was red when I got home. It was soo cosy I didn't mind that the ground was hard. After that, we took a walk around the island and took our ferry back. 

The little houses had parking spaces for their boats and this one was really cute. 

It was such a good day despite the rain that has been going on that week!