Once upon a time, many many moons ago, the ancient town of Hallstatt was only reachable by boat… I bet those Hallstatt folk used to laugh at how peaceful their lives were in their picturesque hillside town, and at how few visitors were able to spoil the tranquillity of their streets, and destroy the […]
Archives for December 2016
Sunday Photo – Winter Wonderland
A different kind of winter wonderland, walking in Austria last weekend…
Christmas in Cloudland – Landshut
Bavaria might be sunny and beautiful this morning, but we have spent the past week in one big freezing cloud… Last of the hoar frost yesterday. If you stood close to a tree covered in it you could hear it falling off… #bavaria #hoarfrost #naturephotography A photo posted by Emma (@bavariansojourn) on Dec 8, 2016 […]
Revisiting Saints
When we first moved abroad, I had a four-year old and a two-year old, and quite frankly it was an awful lot easier to convince them of the traditions of our then temporary homeland. In the run up to Christmas we would watch the nightly advent programme on Danish TV, which filled their heads […]