So what is a Zeppelin and is it the same as a blimp?
Zeppelins are rigid, either the hull, internal structure or both.
Blimps are much cruder, basically just a pump up bladder (like a jumping castle) with a small gondola underneath. Due to the lack of a rigid frame, blimp engines are normally mounted to the gondola, whereas the zeppelin engines are on the hull and tail.
Zeppelins are faster, more manouverable, can carry greater payloads and can operate in wider range of weather conditions. The design we rode on costs €18M and has a full "glass" coughpit, seats 14 Pax + 2 crew, and even has a toilet onboard.
Goodyear have been replacing their blimps with Zeppelins since 2014, although they still refer to them as the Goodyear Blimp.
That's it for the zeppelin ride.
Tomorrow we are back on terra firma, and visiting the town of Konstanz on the opposite side of the lake.