Have you ever been to the Lake of Constance?
I‘m lucky to live right next to it! Bregenz is a small town in the far west of Austria where you have beautiful mountains in the south and the lake in the north - fun fact: like the feng shui concept of the forbidden city - leaning against mountains and facing waters. 😌 It took me leaving home for quite some time to truly recognize the beauty of it. What a shame!
Sundown at the Lake of Constance in late January 2018
Since I moved into the centre of Bregenz, I discovered how amazing the views are in winter (I usually spent my time at the lake only in summer). Though Bregenz is very small and a quite rural boring town, the naturescape is stunning and especially on cold winter days you can spend a nice time walking right next to the water with almost noone around. These are my most favourite moments.
Pavillon at the lake - the favourite spot for romantic pictures (not my type 😉)
I‘m going to share more stuff about my whereabouts and surroundings, let me know what you think!
Very beautiful indeed. I live in North Wales and can relate to the little boring towns in winter but I can also sense a much stronger sense of community in these rural places. And Nature is always so healing...
I struggle sometimes with the community here, it‘s not as easy to connect with others when they‘re rooted deeply with their local friends. But maybe that‘s a cultural thing here in Austria. I make more random acquaintances in cities abroad..
It takes energy for sure to make these connections. I have been around for 6 years and you have to find some threads and follow them through. It is not easy. In big cities, here or abroad, I find that the people I am connecting with are most of the time just passing by, and even though the relationships might have been strong, the grounding doens't have the same kind of sustainibility.
I feel that these places are harder to fit into but once you are in, it feels like it more real.