We slept a bit late today and then had a great breakfast prepared by Eliane. We had a wonderful assortment of cheeses, pastries, eggs, juice, coffee among other items. We lounged around the house for awhile this morning and then we were off for a short journey to Austria. We journeyed to the Austrian city of Bregenz which was about a one hour drive from Gossau, Switzerland. Bregenz is a major harbor city on the Bodensee (Lake Constance, which borders Switzerland, Austria and Germany). Once in Bregenz, we parked the car and took the Pfanderbahn panoramic cable car to the top of the Pfander mountain. From the top we had a panoramic view of Lake Constance and the surrounding area. At the top, in addition to the magnificent view, was the Alpine Game Park that houses many interesting animals. We walked around the top area for a bit, went into the Berghaus restaurant for some coffee and then took the cable car back to the bottom. Once we reached Gossau, Eliane now prepared a wonderful dinner. After dinner we relaxed, looked at some family photos and had some dessert. By 10 PM were went to sleep to prepare for another exciting day tomorrow .......... we are off to Germany by train to do some more sightseeing. Thus far Gail and I are having a superb time with the entire Giger family, and this is only one day into our stay!
So far the weather has been great, sunny and temperatures in the mid 50s. It so hard to believe that we are actually in Switzerland and visiting the surrounding countries of Austria and Germany.
Is that a wild boar? [how did you get it to ?yawn? on cue? Love the photos!
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