Happy Birthday Roger!

Two days in Augsburg and then off to celebrate Roger's birthday ... What a hoot!

The quest was on... I had had an amazing birthday and so what was I going to do for Roger. BERLIN of course.

First stop Charlottenburg Palace for food and music. Suprisingly good music and food!

Augsburg tunnel

Back to Augsburg on the wonderful DBahn train. Finally worked out how to book seats!

Off the train and through my favourite tunnel. Love the graffiti and the music... especially when it is Mozart's requiem....can't help but sing along!

Moonlit trip home...

After the extravaganza. What an amazing trip back....Germans huddled drinking beer and chatting with us... fab! The lake was just beautiful... the lights of Lindau welcoming us home.

Back to the Medusa hotel, past Mozart up the stairs and back to a blissful night's sleep!

OMG! Spectacular Opera!

Couldn't believe the stage which was immense. Everchanging with the lighting and SPECTACULAR with acrobats tumbling from the top of the head, sword fights and explosions with figures toppling into the water. The grim reaper, quietly rowing through the dark waters.

What an experience and yes the music was fabulous.... enhanced and amplified by the still waters of the lake.

Can you see the singer in the eye of the face.......gives you an idea of the size of the set.

Andre Chenier ...Opera in four acts, sung in Italian, based on the French Revolution. Music by Umberto Giordano. Libretto by Luigi Illica.

What a sunset

With much excitement we caught the ferry, headed out of the harbour and into a beautiful sunset. The ferry was packed with locals, who immediately got into the beers and chattering and expectant tourists!

WOW! Bregenz!

What a wonderful place Lindau is. Set on the huge Lake Constance. It is a perfect location to visit Austria and Switzerland. So close to Austria in fact that we cycled there.. 20km each way ...phew! But really no sweat as it is so flat.

The pathway skirts the lake the whole way. I don't know what they are called but there were really lovely "bathing" huts, where you can stretch out on the verandah, taking a dip when a little too hot or snacking on a delicacy or two!

Bregenz was a total shock. So pretty with lovely gardens, lots of ferries and tourist boats and traditional architecture of clock towers, churches, restaurants and wine bars. But the most amazing thing was the floating stage. Wow! I have never seen anything like it.  Every year a new stage & Opera is designed and performed.

The best news was that we had booked tickets and we were off to the opera that night!

Love those menus

Found some great menus in Germany... Loved the Lusty Opener!

We decided not to choose the saucepan of lard with baked farmers bread!

Many of the restaurants were linked to local wineries and would serve wines in a small jug... yummy!