Mike and I are taking a vacation from our vacation. We are spending 2 nights in Bezau about 40 minutes from Bregenz. We are staying at The Post which is a really nice hotel with a spa. We are going to have a herb bath.. Rachel and Jacob are taking us. First stop is a drink at the grocery. 

Rachel and Jacob are taking us on a field trip as we make our way to Bezau.  This is the shop where Juppen are made it's almost a lost art.  A juppe is the traditional dress of the area, Bregenzer Wald.  And only those from this area are allowed to wear juppen.  Anyway the way they  are made is fascinating.

Here are Fall, Spring and Summer Juppen

This is the typical one worn with a long sleeve blouse. 

The fabric is dyed several times and boiled in leather to give it this shine. 

Then it's run through this crimping machine, at one time it was crimped by hand. 

This was our nice guide showing us the fabric before the leather soak. 

The workshop is really cool.  An old building with one end exposed and covered in glass.

What would a field trip be without lunch?

The best Kase Spaetzle ever.  But I've said that before.

A beautiful church is always handy just in case.

After lunch we head over to the local shoe shop.

I can't remember what these are called but they are made at the shop using wooden bottoms and cow hide tops.  Rachel says they are great for gardening.  They were originally produced for farmers.

What do you think, too much?

All sizes and shapes.

This is where Jacob and Rachel leave us for our vacation.

Maybe Hannah will wear this outfit to Liza's Firmung.  Maybe she won't stay tuned.

Jacob is reading this book at the moment.

Rachel is cooking an old Tyrolean dish using the leftover pork belly and potatoes

And then the eggs

Voila!  Ummmm again!

 Rachel and I take advantage of a beautiful day by taking a walk up to Gebhardsberg.

It's such pretty light here.

We were picked up by the family for a ride up an even bigger mountain.  Mike, Jacob and I didn't go,  something about mental stability and lack of brawn.

But we did have time for lunch with the bikers at a farmers place.  

Rachel has become a real athlete.

Dish 1, don't know what it is.

The dollop on top is basically fat with a little lean tossed in then it's whipped to a frenzy.  It has a real interesting smokey tasts.

This is a meat salad not to be confused with a meat plate.  There is a difference.

Done to the last drop

The farmer has this view as he does his plowing.   Kinda like Weston.

Jacob and his new shirt, a gift from his aunt Leslie.  We support our Texas schools even in Austria.

Big soccer day!  Someone is playing someone else and the country is agog.   We are having a giant cook out to be followed by the watching of THE game.  Andy's cousin Klaus his wife Martina and their children Kilean, Lina and Live are joining us for  the holy feast day.  Here we have the kids table.  They are having wienerle and salad.

This is Kilian.

And Lina and Jacob.

last but not at all least is Live, quite a personality!

Live and Hannah wishing they could swim.

This is Live and Spooky.  Spooky is a 4 month old Labradoodle, Chocolate brown and of the F1 breed.  He will get to be as large as a reg. Lab.

Mia might think Spooky is just that.

Our head soccer champ.

She is really cute and very polite.

Spooky almost still

What a face and Rachel is beautiful too.

Dinner is on!  It's pork belly cooked very slowly on the grill, ummmm.

Well the moment we have all been waiting for, it's Chelsea and Munich.  Great fun and a great game especially since  most of our team won.

 Hannah and I stop off for a little hair cut before she, David and I take a little hike.

This the hill that we start up as always I'm the last one in line.

Hannah and David with Bregenz in the background.

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We hiked to a different spot today.  

Down from the mountain Hannah gets  a lift home.

That didn't last long

At home watching Sherlock Holmes for about the one millionth time, but its still scary. 

Later we go to the Kornmesser for dinner, this is how we passed the time as we waited for  lets see, dinner or a  Papal appointment.