Blogs from Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Am letzten Freitag ging die 12. Woche und damit auch der 3. Monat in Bern erfolgreich zu Ende. Am Samstag bin ich nach München gefahren, wo ich bis Montag einige Erledigungen hatte. Danach habe ich mich auf den Rückweg gemacht und bin in der Mittelalterstadt Feldkirch vorbei gekommen. Dort habe ich wieder einen vorher gewählten Parkplatz gefunden und bin in die Altstadt. Leider habe ich meinen Österreich-Reiseführer in München vergessen, aber ich habe trotzdem ein Restaurant zum Mittagessen gefunden. Auch den Dom und den Katzenturm und das Kunst Palais Liechtenstein habe ich gesehen, aber leider von letzterem kein Foto gemacht. Das Highlight war aber die Schattenburg, die das enge Tal an der Grenze zur Schweiz kontrollierte. Diese habe ich besichtigt und es gab auch viele Möbel in den Zimmern. Ich weiß jetzt aber nicht, inwieweit diese ... read more

We were happy to leave the closed in yacht harbour from our overnight stay and head straight into the country and back along the shore through Kressbronn, Nonnenhorn and on to Wasserburg where we stopped to view an old castle down by the harbour on the headland. It is now mainly an hotel but behind it is the St George church with a large painting of St George slaying a dragon. A pretty spot. From Wasserburg we passed through orchards and vineyards until we reached Lindau, the largest town in the area. The Old Town dating back to 1220 sits on an island joined by rail and road causeways. It has a lovely enclosed harbour watched over by a tower (with Rapunzel's plait hanging out the window!) and the harbour entrance built in 1812 guarded by ... read more

Finally a really nice day. Sunny and warm. We did a nice driving tour through the mountains of western Austria. Near the village of AU. No I didn't type that wrong it is the name of the village. The best thing is there's cable car that takes you high into the Austrian mountains. We spent 3 hours up there. We had a great time. We hiked to the large cross that has been placed at the very top of the mountain. And BTW it was not a difficult endeavor. Here are some of the photos from today. Lowell... read more

The weather is starting to pick up and we are winding down. Work seems a long way away and it is lovely to wake up and realise that we are on holiday and have four weeks of this heaven..What a lovely feeling. I can understand now why people sell up their houses and go full timing. I am not sure I want to go back but then the bills need paying and they don’t pay themselves. We arrived at Reutte at 1.30 and found the small ACSI site closed. The tiny reception was empty and there was displayed two signs- one on the gate telling visitors that they could not enter the site between the hours of 12 and 2 nor between 8 at night and 7 in the morning and another on the office door ... read more

Day 74 – Travelling to Lech, Austria Today was our last day in Italy. This morning was a really early start, and a nice long walk. We had to make our train at 6:20am, and we had 1.5km’s to walk through the streets of Venice, so we got up at 5am and got there with 10mins to spare. On the train, we again enjoyed 1st class comfort and amazing scenery. It was a 1hr to Verona, then at 9am we jumped on our train to Innsbruck, Austria. This trip was 4 hours long, so the music came out, and we enjoyed it all the way. Getting closer and closer, there was more and more snow, so we got excited. At Innsbruck, it was again another train journey to St Anton Am Arlberg, then we jumped on ... read more