We started off Monday morning with an excellent Austrian breakfast at our hotel and then walked to the old part of Feldkirch for a guided walking tour.  Feldkirch is a fairly small town (it can’t really grow bigger because its squished between mountains) dating back to medieval times.  I don’t think any of the old walls are standing, but the castle is still in good shape. 

The Shattenburg Castle in town


The view of Feldkirch from the castle

Medieval toilet....   They used to put a wheelbarrow under the shoot to collect the 'droppings'.  (Not sure why Lori's dad is standing under there....)

Susan, Adrian & Deryl arrived at the hotel before 9am, having landed in Zurich shortly before 7am.

We had our team photo taken at the hotel.  Rio loves photos


In the afternoon, we were hosted by a local agility club who let us use their equipment to have a practice and then hosted a traditional Wienerschnizel dinner right at the agility field complete with live music.

The parking lot was is in Austria and the field in Switzerland!


We had dinner in the clubhouse behind which was complete with heavily stocked bar

Today our bus picked us up and drove us up and over the mountains to a small town that was celebrating the return of the cows from the mountain pastures.  It was pretty entertaining seeing all the cows running through town decorated in cedar branches and carrying GIANT bells.  Apparently the better the milk producer, the bigger the cows bell!

All the people bringing the cows down wear rosemary in their hats.

Apparently this gal was a great producer!

Lunch was had at a cheese factory….  A lunch of cheese soup & cheese schnitzel followed by cheese making and cheese & schnapps tasting was served while a cheese maker demonstrated how to make (and remove flies) from cheeese.
Watching the cheese solidify



The sampling of cheese and complimentary fruit bread (how they preserve fruits in the winter)  Adrian declares that the upper left cheese was full of fly legs....

Our drive home through the Mountains was just phenominal.  The sun was shining brightly and the scenery gorgeous.  The road, which by Canadian standards should have been a narrow one way street, was a two way 70km/h super winding road with a cliff on one side and mainly a stone wall on the other.  More than one oncoming vehicle had to back up when our bus came charging through!

**I have tons more photos, but unfortunately this wireless connection is pretty sad.  I'll have to try again tomorrow***