I have met many wind-bags in my time, most of them not worthy of mentioning – but this dear reader, is the exception to the rule. Behold, the most beautiful wind-bag in the world… A Windbeutel (basically translated as wind bag or pouch in Deutsch), is a huge choux pastry filled with whipped cream and […]
Photography
Sunday Photo – Sunrise Bavaria
Bavaria, you really do some of the best sunrises…
Zwetschgendatschi (Bavarian Plum Cake – My Version!)
I first tried this a couple of weeks ago on a Sunny Munich morning. The cafe’s shelves were heaving with trays and trays of this stuff, either plain or with streusen (crumbs! The waiter was grateful for my help with the translation of this word to aid his tourist cake pushing prowess!) so I figured […]
A Damsel in Distress (visiting Neuschwanstein)…
My Mum was with us last week so we headed to Garmisch and its fabulous mountains for a few days. As it’s not too much of a detour, we stopped at Schwangau on the way to visit Neuschwanstein – King Ludwig’s iconic castle, inspiration for Walt Disney’s fairytale castles all those years ago. Cinderella et […]
The Viehscheid
A few pictures featuring the objects in my last Sunday Photo being put to good use… I took them on a quick trip across the border to Austria at the weekend whilst witnessing The Viehscheid – a festival that takes place at this time of year, both here and in parts of Germany and […]