Vorarlberg, Austria

We arrived in the small town of Vorarlberg, Austria at about 3:00 and got picked up by the wonderful Isabella. If you don't already know, we met her in London and she was nice enough to show us around and crash at her place. We actually think she lured us to her flat to build things for her but that was ok with us. While she made us dinner we both used our uncanny American building skills to help her put together her new bed called something i can't pronounce or spell---latarousche?? yea.
After dinner her friend Martina came over and they took us to a town close by. They showed us a huge lake with a stage in it, where the recent James Bond movie was filmed. Right across the lake was Germany and we got some sweet panoramic pictures of the sunset....which is the new background of the blog. They would laugh at us when we took pictures because I'm sure they don't think it is as big as a deal. I think i would laugh at someone if they started taking pictures of the Prudential or the Lowell Mills. We stopped by a local bar and we were the first ones in the place so it was pretty dead but who need people when your surrounded by great company.
We headed back to the flat and they showed us how to play some card games. Their deck has only 36 cards so that was a task in itself trying to know which card is which. It was very similar to the game 45's actually so it was cool. We then taught them how to play some card games that we knew and they got a kick out of them.
The next morning we went to a nearby mountain and took the gondola up it and ate lunch at restaurant at the very top. We then hiked down the mountain which we somewhat regretted shortly after. We were very sore to say the least. Overall, this was a great "backdoor trip" of Austria and we can't wait for Isabella to come visit Boston.