evidence: Where can you take a short vacation around a lake and see three countries? Try the Bodensee, otherwise known as Lake Constance. You'll see interesting parts of Germany, Switzerland and a tip of Austria. The circumferance of the lake makes it the 3rd largest lake in Central Europe. Lake Constance is a large lake, so there's lots to see. The towns on the lake have fantastic lakeside promenades which offer cafes, humorous modern sculptures with a bite, fountains and fine view restaurants. It was here the Zeppelin was conceived; you can see it at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen, which claims to have the largest collection on airship travel in the world. [...] There is a cycling path that runs along the banks of the lake called the Lake Constance Cycle Path.