Garden gnomes. I have often wondered where they originated from, and why they make appearances (less commonly than they used to perhaps!) in our gardens. Well not mine, but you know… It’s one of those obscure thoughts that can be found whirling around the inside of my skull on the odd night that I can’t […]
family travel Austria
An Innsbruck Intermission
We spent the last week in both Austria and Bavaria, dividing our time between the mountains of Mittersill and our old home of Munich for the remainder, in what was probably our favourite trip of 2017 (so far!)… Leaving behind a grey Gatwick, and buffeted on our way by reasonably gentle Hurricane Brian (who names […]
Sunday Photo – At a Crossroads
Hallstatt – Austria
Once upon a time, many many moons ago, the ancient town of Hallstatt was only reachable by boat… I bet those Hallstatt folk used to laugh at how peaceful their lives were in their picturesque hillside town, and at how few visitors were able to spoil the tranquillity of their streets, and destroy the […]
Log Cabin Life – Carinthia
We have stayed in a wide variety of places in this part of the world – from our beautiful but not so cosy Zugspitze Iglu, a fabulously well equipped canvas “house” (in a snow storm) in the heart of the Black Forest earlier this year, my special birthday palace near Garmisch, and a medieval hotel […]