The wedding ceremony was being held in the afternoon, so as Friday morning rolled around, Rich and I had plenty of time for exploring. I took Rich to Bregenz; it is a very short train journey from Dornbirn and was where I had spent the latter half of my year abroad.
We visited the Festspielhaus to take a look at the opera set this year and I told him about James Bond. He couldn't recall the scenes in question from the film, so it didn't mean all that much to him.
The current opera for the Chinese-inspired set is Puccini's Turandot, the opera from which the famous Nessum dorma comes. Perhaps one day I will visit the Bregenzer Festspiel. It would probably appeal to my sister.
On a far less touristy note, but to my own amusement, wishbone lake (not an official name) was still present and still surrounded by chairs.
It doesn't look like anybody has tried to rearrange the furniture recently.
From the Festspielhaus we walked towards the harbour along the lakeside. I was pleased to see that Beach Bar had been erected that week, even if we had missed snow by just a few days. It's not summer in Bregenz without the Beach Bar! I enjoyed regaling Rich with many stories of the town.
We perused the town centre, which quite honestly has not changed. At least, not that I noticed. We stopped for an al fresco lunch at San Guiseppe. Here we spotted our first beagle of the trip. After lunch I insisted that we get an ice-cream, because it was warm and sunny, but mostly because ice-cream in Bregenz is amazing and it's so cheap! Austria isn't famed for ice-cream, but it does border Italy, so perhaps they take some gelato tips.
We had no real direction and simply ambled around with our ice-creams. This wandering did however take us past both of the schools, at which I had worked, which naturally led to more reminiscing.
Since it was sunny and warm we had quite a pleasant morning. Bregenz though - still quaint, still picturesque, still really, rather boring!
We visited the Festspielhaus to take a look at the opera set this year and I told him about James Bond. He couldn't recall the scenes in question from the film, so it didn't mean all that much to him.The current opera for the Chinese-inspired set is Puccini's Turandot, the opera from which the famous Nessum dorma comes. Perhaps one day I will visit the Bregenzer Festspiel. It would probably appeal to my sister.
On a far less touristy note, but to my own amusement, wishbone lake (not an official name) was still present and still surrounded by chairs.It doesn't look like anybody has tried to rearrange the furniture recently.
From the Festspielhaus we walked towards the harbour along the lakeside. I was pleased to see that Beach Bar had been erected that week, even if we had missed snow by just a few days. It's not summer in Bregenz without the Beach Bar! I enjoyed regaling Rich with many stories of the town.
We perused the town centre, which quite honestly has not changed. At least, not that I noticed. We stopped for an al fresco lunch at San Guiseppe. Here we spotted our first beagle of the trip. After lunch I insisted that we get an ice-cream, because it was warm and sunny, but mostly because ice-cream in Bregenz is amazing and it's so cheap! Austria isn't famed for ice-cream, but it does border Italy, so perhaps they take some gelato tips.
We had no real direction and simply ambled around with our ice-creams. This wandering did however take us past both of the schools, at which I had worked, which naturally led to more reminiscing.
Since it was sunny and warm we had quite a pleasant morning. Bregenz though - still quaint, still picturesque, still really, rather boring!
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