April 4-6 Osterrock Concert in Thuringen, Austria and Brand, Austria

Well, the main reason we headed here to Austria is that I have a Facebook friend who is an Austrian singer from this area. Back when I was working for Swiss and Austrian Airlines, I met the singer, Falco Luneau, who was on one of the flights. The Vienna office told us about him and that he would sing for us! I called him up to the desk at the departure gate and asked him to sing for everyone. It was a very funny time, and we've been friends on Facebook ever since.

Having dinner before the concert - Rick enjoying the local brewed beer called  Fohrenburger. Very good! 

Falco Luneau singing at the Osterrock concert in Thüringen, Austria, on Easter evening. The concert was benefiting the firefighters in the area. He sang lots of 70's, 80's pop songs. 

Falco singing some "Cold Play" during the Osterrock concert. 

A quick selfie of Falco and I! 

Rick and I were one of the oldest couples there. Lots of young people, but who would ever see 20 something year olds in Lederhosen in the USA?

Easter Monday we drove to the nearby ski resort town of Brand. Yes! Rick found a golf course here too, but still too much snow.

Views in Brand, Austria

Rick on that golf course again! 

Views in Brand, Austria

Selfies in Brand!

Views in Brand, Austria

A view of the valley by Bludenz, as we came down the mountain from Brand.

As we got to the bottom of valley, there were these cliffs, with a mountain climber practicing. You have to look close or enlarge the picture. The climber is in blue on the middle of the cliff above the guy in red. 

Last Monday afternoon Rick and I took a hike up the mountain behind Bludenz and got this view from an open meadow. 

As we were walking along a forest path, there was a little Christmas tree with handmade, straw ornaments on it! Each ornament was a different snowflake. I thought this was real special to see! 

As we made our way back to the hotel, we noticed this lovely yard - the fence had twigs woven into it to give it a more natural look, and there were beautiful ponds. What a view! 

We noticed a number of people using a type of "cage" fence, where they put rocks in-between for privacy. (and rocks are plentiful!) The purple balcony on the house is really solar panels, which they cleverly disguised at shutters on the house too!