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 […]
Sunday Photo – Cow Bells
Traditional Cow Bells for your own pet cow? Spotted at Berchtesgaden.
Beautiful Berchtesgaden
The amount of our visitors who have expressed surprise at the beauty Bavaria has to offer, and have said that they had always previously thought of Germany as a grey and uninspiring country, will never cease to amaze me. And a little like my determination to stamp out the myths that all English Food is […]
Harvest – Blackberry and Apple Cobbler
Harvest time has been and gone in our house, and I am sorry to report that it hasn’t been a successful year. I know I am not much good at gardening anyway, but the odds have been well and truly stacked against us. Our organic pest control turned out to be quite a costly affair, […]