Minotel Insel Hotel Lindau

... ber diesen Blog werden wir unsere Familien und Freunde über den Verlauf unserer Reise auf dem Laufenden halten und Eindrücke und Gedanken teilen.

Also dranbleiben! Am 27.1.2010 gehts los und wir werden euch hoffentlich mit abenteuerlichen und spannenden Geschichten unterhalten - hoffentlich auch alle mit happy end :).

In den letzten zwei Wochen habe ich einiges an neuer Ausrüstung zusammengekauft. Unter anderem ein neues Zelt und warme Winterkleidung.

Letztes Wochenende habe ich meine neue Ausrüstung das erste mal ausprobiert und bin am Freitagabend mit ...

We were planning to go to Liechtenstein but thought we may as well as it was sort of on our way. It's the worlds 6 smallest country so it would have been rude not to go..haha.

We didn't drive to the main town but to another.. where really there wasn't anything. I did get a photo with the tourist sign though. Had to somehow prove I'd been there!

... 8211; so the views weren’t really there. But it was nice to be in the mountains! I can’t remember the name of the mountain we were on, but it has caves you can walk through, and a little church on the side of the mountain using one of the caves, pretty cool! We came back down on the gondola and ate sandwiches while watching the cows with their bells.. Very relaxing. Then on the way home we stopped by an Appenzeller cheese factory where ...

... Feldkirch I got lost. Actually I was just trying to get to McDonald's because the group wanted a bathroom break and the public toilets here were not to our standards. Anyway, I drove past the McDonald's twice - once my fault and once the navigator's - and drove down a pedestrian only section of road before we gave up and continued on our journey out of town and deeper into Austria.

... weren't too interested so they took Lincoln (who couldn't go with us) and we went to have a look. It was a rewarding visit. It is amazing to think how long ago some of those books and transcripts were written, and how well cared for they must be to remain in excellent condition. The library itself is breathtaking, with leather bound books lining the shelves, large windows (no doubt filtered), elaborate woodwork and staircases, and a muraled ceiling ...

... We were able to visit four countries in one day.

We actually stayed near Lake Constance in our first Gasthaus, a quaint family home style hotel with a few homey bedrooms, hardworking managers/cooks (fraus), and a wonderful large breakfast consisting of meats, cheeses, breads, marmalades and rich hot chocolate, very different from the smaller breakfasts in France, and we can see why the folks in Germany are a ...

Work has been quite slow lately so since I had nothing better to do today, I took a train to Sargans, Switzerland, and then waited for a bus to Vaduz, Liechtenstein. I missed the bus that left 4 minutes after I arrived. By missed, I mean I couldn't find it until I saw it driving past me. And there are only two or three bus stands in Sargans at the train station, so it was completely due to a lack of intelligence on my part.

Once I ...

... place they also sold home made apple juice - wonderfully fresh without any artificial sweeteners or colouring. At another stall, selling Italian cheese and cured meat, we bought some prosciutto and a bottle of pinot grigio, which we'll try tonight. It's my turn to cook dinner and I'll be doing my travel recipe of chicken breast with garlic and lemon rind wrapped in prosciutto.

... right on the lake, and it is the headquarters for the weekend event. There are TV crews, radio shows, fireworks and lots of people. This apparently attracts those with more money than me, for there is no car here if it isn't a BMW, Mercedes, Porsche or Jaguar. Money is all over the place, and then there is me! We toured a 1300 year old castle today in Meersburg. It is so neat. We were standing in the ...