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May 23, 2008 13:41

..there are a few more pictures from my last trip, to Germany, which I wanted to share with you. With the group, we were visiting the Island of Mainau in the Lake Constance, which is privately owned by a family of Counts (Bernadotte) who for ages has been cultivating every possible type of flowers on it and made a tourist attraction of it. Paying ( Read more... )

flowers, pictures, mainau, bodensee, germany, traveling

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heaven_spirit May 23 2008, 14:13:40 UTC
Beautiful

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lisa_thecat May 23 2008, 16:51:08 UTC
wow, these are beautiful! I love all the colors! I have never heard of lake rabits before though... they swim????

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dadi May 24 2008, 07:19:28 UTC
It is a fairytale animal, mixture of fish and rabbit, traditional to this region!

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saare_snowqueen May 23 2008, 20:29:03 UTC
The Bernadotte Family are also the ruling family of Sweden and have been since the Napoleonic Period winch of course is also when the this lot on Lake Constance got their property.
Beautiful pictures -Thank you.

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mementomei May 24 2008, 00:37:34 UTC
This was from your recent trip to Lake Garda? I don't know the region so I don't know if this lake is nearby. These are beautiful photos!

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dadi May 24 2008, 07:23:15 UTC
no, that was on Lake Constance, which is a bit more north and west than Lake Garda!

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