I just had a few main aims on my birthday this year – to go up a mountain, come back down said mountain a bit later, read a book for at least an hour in peace, and to have a glass of champagne and maybe eat some chocolate at some point, that was honestly it… […]
family travel Austria
A Birthday at Theresa’s – Hotel Theresa – Zell im Zillertal
If you are not overly familiar with Austria’s Tyrol region, you might imagine it to be a place to visit exclusively in the winter – when the snow is deep, the sauna’s are ready to soothe any ski induced aches and pains, and dinner typically involves some form of melted cheese… Of course it does […]
The Quiet Hotel – Wolfgangsee
There must be few places left in the world as beautifully peaceful and quiet as Hotel Falkenstein on the far banks of the Wolfgangsee in Austria. This hotel is such a well kept secret that I am not going to make myself popular with certain family members for letting you in on it! Not only […]
Morning Mists
Kept company by the early morning squawks of the odd lake bird, and the gentle trundling of the little robotic lawnmower trimming the grass of the hotel we were staying in beneath me, I did wonder whether I was perhaps of sane mind sitting out on a freezing balcony whilst the rest of my family […]
Autumn in the Alps
Our home for the bank holiday last weekend – a guest house on a working dairy farm not far over the border into Austria – a working dairy farm complete with acres of free range fun for the Small People (plus our lovely super-fit hiking friends – more on them later!). As you might expect […]