To Bludenz for my Milka Injection

My employers have factories everywhere, but one of the very best is located in Bludenz in the Voralberg in Austria.  The 100+* year old factory site is a little constrained - squeezed in the very narrow valley floor between the railway/Rhine and the mountains - so some very tall and thin storage tanks and amazing feats of manoeuvring by lorry drivers.

*Looks like it is 125 years

Here is the view from the canteen:

I am here to share knowledge with the Milka team (formerly Suchard, then Kraft Jacobs Suchard, then Kraft Foods and currently Mondelēz International Incorporated)

I am not sure if the Milka Cow has a name - but it was friendly

There is a staff shop/factory outlet - It has an entry in the Lonely Planet Guide

Next morning I saw folks posing for pictures by the shop sign - so I guess it really is popular with visitors and tourists.

The view from my bedroom window at the Gasthof Traube in Braz

And an even better view from the car park - this is a really lovely hotel - and if you can't afford a room you can camp next door - and yes folks were doing this in November.

The food was good as well - this was a clear soup with pasta and a big dumpling

Here Beccy gets first class treatment - chauffeured right to the plane (after someone else had left their phone in the hire car)

But do not believe the "leave at 14:00 for a 17:15 flight" advice from the locals - with only a very short Friday afternoon traffic delay I made it to the gate just 10 minutes before boarding.

Late afternoon at Zurich Airport

And another type of wing to gaze at on our way home - this is a Fokker 100 - and in seat 20A your head is about 500mm from the port engine - take earplugs.