Happy Easter! Took a morning hike out in the Allgau in nearby Bavaria about 20 km from Bregenz and came across the lovely Baroque Maria-Thann Church in a small village of Thann. Normally tiny towns like this don’t have such…
Happy Easter! Took a morning hike out in the Allgau in nearby Bavaria about 20 km from Bregenz and came across the lovely Baroque Maria-Thann Church in a small village of Thann. Normally tiny towns like this don’t have such…
The first time cross country skiing this season and there was plenty of fresh snow in Ratzenberg. Vorarlberg’s borders with Germany were closed for last years winter season and we missed cross country skiing in the Allgäu. Good to be…
The rushing waters of the Starzlach were tinged coffee brown from the sediment rushing down the canyon as it crashed and cascaded down the rocky falls and echoed off the canyon walls making for a roaring symphony. The power…
The sleek black cormorant dove into the crystal clear waters of Lake Constance gliding through the pilings that had stood for three millennia and had once supported six villages dating back to the Stone Age. As I pondered these…
Juppenwerkstatt in Riefensberg “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…” this iconic opening theme from the the beloved children’s show Mr Roger’s Neighborhood aptly describes my birthday spent in our Bregenz “backyard.” It was a weekend filled with art, music, delicous food,…
Day One: Bregenz, Austria to Langenargen, Germany Day Two: Langenargen to Ludwigshafen, Germany Day Three: Ludwigshafen to Konstanz, Germany, then to Romanshorn, Switzerland Back to home
Towering Gothic spires of the Ulm Minister reached 530 feet into the sky and a nativity scene featuring live animals decorated the entrance to the impressive church dating to 1377. I had convinced Franz to join me on this very…
Neanderthals have gotten a bad rap in the popular press. Portrayed as a primitive man clad in pelts lugging a club and grunting is an image that many still conjure up. But Neanderthals are only beginning to get the respect…
Donkey, donkeys and more donkeys. And this is what the hoards of fans had come to see. I had no idea there were so many aficionados and I was surprised at the crowd size that these long eared mammals had…
A loud crack reverberated in the deep gorge as the sound filled the forested canyon. It stopped dead in my tracks and I looked upwards to see where the sound originated from. A large branch began falling from the forest…