Imagine buying a lovely dilapidated house with extensive grounds, with a view to doing it up… Then imagine digging a hole to try to source water to keep the extensive grounds alive, and instead of finding cold water, you discover a thermal vein with water temperatures of up to 39 degrees….Wouldn’t you think to yourself, […]
Travel
Il Vittoriale – Lake Garda
I have visited a few surreal places in my time, Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia for example, or the even stranger still Casa Batlló… But when it comes to other-worldly former residences, I think Il Vittoriale might take the biscuit… Il Vittoriale is the former residence of the ultra-nationalist (and slightly eccentric) Italian writer, poet, and […]
Sunday Photo – An Italian Beauty Parlour (for Dogs…)
Three Days in Lake Garda
One of the things I love the most about living in Bavaria, is the ability to get in the car and escape somewhere else if the weather gets a bit too depressing. That and May. I love May here, we get five bank holidays in the month, which makes getting into the car and escaping […]
FrühlingsFest Observations
Frühlingsfest Obervations Munich