The Fraueninsel in the Chiemsee offers a retreat on 16 hectares. On the patch of land discovered the daughter of star-author Michael Streck once saw penguins – in a monastery church of all places.
The same ritual every summer. By car from Aschau im Chiemgau to Gstadt am Chiemsee, parked there in the shade under trees, four euros for the whole day. The parking lot attendant sits on a plastic chair and feels as old as the oak trees.