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Poached Egg Salad with camomile flowers at Bio hotel and restaurants, Bizau.
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Typical Bregenzerwald landscape.
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Bizau village centre, Bregenzerwald.
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Lady in traditional village dress, Schwarzenberg Village, Bregenzerwald. Even the younger generation are wearing traditional costume as a fashion statement.
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Kunst hotel and restaurants (Gasthof Hirschen Schwarzenberg) Schwarzenberg Village.
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Almost every household or at least village will have it's own unique Schnapps producer, this one is a Pear Schnapps from Schobel Hochstgenuss, Bregenz.
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Sheep out to pasture at Schafmilch Gmeiner Sheep Milk Farm, Bizau village.
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Moor Flowers (Camomile) at Schulhus Krumbuach restaurant, Bregenzerwald.
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Typical moorland landscape of Bregenzerwald is a unique wetland habitat.
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Dried Strawberries at Schobel Hochstgenuss, Bregenz. These are just so unbelievably tasty, much better than sweets!
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Hans Peter ('Hap') Bruchmann, selling his in season cherry's, Bregenz farmers market.
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Here's something you don't often see in the UK, celery with it's root's, Bregenz farmers market.
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The range and quality of produce available at the Bregenz farmers market is incredible. Here is Daniela Kohler holding 'tree spinach' (chenopodium gigantum), they make colourful salad leaves.
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A view looking down the valley towards lake Constance on the road from Bregenz to Schwarzenberg Village, Bregenzerwald.
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Carpaccio of venison with wild mushroom specially prepared at the Venison Feast, Schwarzenberg village, Bregenzerwald.
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Wonderful alpine views a short walk from the cable car station, Bregenzerwald.
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Alpine Horn Player at the venison feast, Schwarzenberg, Bregenzerwald.
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Lodges perch above Schwarzenberg village centre, Bregenzerwald.
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Of course the really great thing about the Vorarlberg is it's proximity to Lake Constance. This gives a whole different dimension to the area. Lake Side Bar, Bregenz.
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Lake Side Ducks, Bregenz, Lake Constance.
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Fishing with Franz Blum in the dawn light on Lake Constance, Bregenz.