First Visitors!!

After a busy week of kitchen building and apartment cleaning, our first visitors arrived on Friday the 17th!! Carrie and Adam flew into Zurich on Friday morning and took the train/ferry to Friedrichshafen. I met them at the harbor and luckily we had a beautiful day! Julian came home early and after a great evening of appetizers and beer, we headed to Lukullum, which is a really fun traditional style German restaurant. We had great German food - käsespätzle (the German/adult version of macaraoni and cheese), pork medallions with mushroom sauce, and a few other things. Our table was actually inside a barrel (below!) which topped off the German experience.

Hanging out at our apartment

The infamous barrel

On Saturday, it was cool and rainy - untypical for a summer day on the Bodensee! We slept in and then went to Weber and Weiss for cake. Weber and Weiss is actually one of the top 10 places in Germany for cake, and Germany has some unbelievable cake! See below for proof:

Carrie is excited for cake :-)

Fruit Torte, Chocolate Cream Cake, Strawberry Cream Cake, Rasperry Torte, and Champagne Torte. YUM!

On Saturday evening, we cooked a nice big meal at home (Maultaschen and Salad, another great German option) and then stayed in for drinks and hanging out, since it was pretty gross outside.

On Sunday, we had another relaxing morning and then drove to Bregenz, which is a nearby town in Austria, also on the Bodensee. We took the Gondola up to the top of the Pfänder mountain, which is pretty small but still provides a nice view of the lake. There is also a cafe and little zoo at the top, so we walked around and then treated ourselves to a beer!

Swingset in front of the Alps... nice!

View of the Bodensee from the Pfänder

Beer with a view!

On the way back we stopped in Lindau, which is an adorable town on an island in the lake. It's very old (we saw buildings from the 1300s!) and they have nice cafes and restaurants. We had some Wurst at a beer garden and just walked around for a bit.

We got back to Friedrichshafen and climbed up the tower outside our apartment to get a nice overview of the old part of the city. You can actually see our apartment in the picture below - it's hte one that's all lit up to the left of Carrie, and we're on the third floor.

It was so amazing to have Carrie and Adam visit! Definitely a much needed dose of the States and it was lots of fun to catch up and share our new place and lifestyle with close friends. Any other visitors are welcome :-)