Apart from all the beautiful olde worlde buildings in Munich, I quite like the urban concrete side of things too…
Mountain High – Zugspitze
Of course, if you’re staying in Garmisch, then you are bound to end up at the top of its incredibly famous mountain at some point… This was not our first ascent. I was introduced to the Zugspitze several years ago when we first moved to Munich. It was Mother’s Day I remember, which also happened […]
Sunday Photo – Fresh Air
Going to GaPa – a stay in Garmisch Partenkirchen
It never ceases to amaze me how many people look at you strangely when you tell them you are skiing near Munich (I think most English people automatically think France or Austria when you mention such a trip!) but, as Garmisch Partenkirchen isn’t all that far from Munich (90km to be precise, but when there’s […]
Sunday Photo – Zugspitze Views
Just taking in some Zugspitze views after a busy morning’s skiing…
How to Teach your Toddler to Ski
How to teach your toddler to ski…. Not many people might be thrilled at the above prospect, given that one of the main attractions of going on a skiing holiday is to place your treasured offspring into the capable hands of an instructor, where they will learn the ropes, and you will get to ski/enjoy […]
Sunday Photo – Finished For the Day – Zugspitze
After a hard day’s skiing on the glacier, it was time to take a bit of a break before catching the cable car back down…
A Taste of Trier
Whilst we could have opted for a nice quiet time at home before our building work starts next week, somewhere just before Christmas – when half term seemed far far away, the call of the mountains was too great, and we decided to drive down through Europe to Bayern for a quick ski trip, with […]
Sunday Photo – Foggy Trier
Hopping back to my the old Sunday post format this week as I currently have limited Internet access… Taken this morning in a foggy but very beautiful Trier….
Monet’s Muse – Latour Marliac, France
Fading memory jolted by the recent posts on beautiful Giverny by Museum Mum and MumsGoneTo, I realised I hadn’t yet written about our visit last summer to the birthplace of the waterlily as we now know it, and the inspiration behind Monet’s famous Nympheas… Bory Latour Marliac was a world travelling horticulturalist, initially intrigued by […]