An Austrian New Years!!!!!!!

The best way to ring in the year 2011? In the Austrian Alps, that's where!

We jumped on the train from the Munich central station early Friday morning, and took what was thee most SPECTACULAR train ride through the snowy mountains.  I could have just ridden the train all day, weaving in and out of this stunning scenery!

Instead, we hopped off at St. Anton am Arlberg, a beautiful ski resort that is very well known throughout Europe. We met up with some Queen's friends just in time for apres-ski at the bumpin' bar called Mooserwirt to catch up and start off our New Year's Eve with a couple of brewskies.
We later counted down amongst people from all over the world in the main street of the resort, celebrating and hugging each other as if we were all old friends!
Exploring the next two days was exciting, the shops and chalets with the enormous mountains as a backdrop was so picturesque--we couldn't help but sing the Sound of Music songs as we strolled along.

On our way back to Munich on the Monday, we were graced with yet another thrilling train ride, stopping at a small town called Lindau. Now if you are ever in the area, YOU MUST VISIT THIS PLACE! It is spectacular! Nestled on the borders of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, it is on a calm lake that reflected the mountains so nicely that you almost could not tell which one was the reflection. Apparently during the summer time the place is just crazy busy with tourists and vacationers, and I can most definitely see why.

Photo of Lindau.