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Our first day and a city tour of beautiful Tbilisi. We drive to the Kakheti region and learn how to bake bread and taste some wonderful Georgian wines. We drive to the semi-desert at the Azerbaijani border and visit an…
The pronoun and verb “I do” were the best two words that I have ever spoken in my life. This simple phrase has brought me happiness for over 25 years and were spoken to the love of my life, Franz.…
Mountains, cascading waterfalls, and the fresh green of spring greeted us as we strolled up the path along the Samina River thoroughly enjoying the alpine spring. Austria is a hikers paradise and almost every week when the weather warms up…
Tip toe from the garden By the garden of the willow tree And tiptoe through the tulips with me That’s what Franz and I did this past weekend in Mainau Germany. Although we walked rather than tiptoed, nevertheless we welcomed…
The marble walkways gleamed in the near empty streets of the old Arabic city of Marsala, Sicily. The main square Piazza della Repubblica was quiet and the silhouette of the Baroque facade of the Church of Purgatory was bathed in…
Spring was in the air and that means time for some springtime skiing. For this years trip we ventured to a rather unknown ski area, the “freeride paradise” of the Monte Rosa. The Monte Rosa is a huge mountain between Switzerland…
It was a beautiful winter morning when we drove to Schoppernau and started our ski tour to the Toblermann (http://www.tourenspuren.at/toblermann-2010-m/). We put the skins on our touring skis and started the trek up the mountain, total elevation change was 1140m,…
It was a blustery and clear January day on the Bodensee and Franz and I wanted to get out and enjoy the crisp air on our beautiful lake. We embarked upon a small excursion to nearby Meersburg, Germany about thirty…
The snow laden roofs of the old farm houses and the church steeple glistened in the late afternoon sun as we drove up the steep narrow road to Andiast Switzerland to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2015 with family and friends.…