A quiet walk along the Bodensee reflecting on past Thanksgiving family gatherings back in the States. In Austria we are again in lockdown so there will be no shared Thanksgiving feast this year. Hopefully next year…
A quiet walk along the Bodensee reflecting on past Thanksgiving family gatherings back in the States. In Austria we are again in lockdown so there will be no shared Thanksgiving feast this year. Hopefully next year…
We enjoyed our last day of the cross country ski season in Schoppernau. The trails were not groomed but it was nice to be out relishing the spring weather. The pistes run from Au to Schoppernau and hold 50 km…
After a morning of cross country skiing for lunch Franz grilled us a delicious red snapper stuffed with fresh herbs, dill, salt, pepper and lemon juice. A side of cilantro lime rice and buttered asparagus. We have tasted grilled fish…
A fantastic sunny cross country day on the Tschengla. The Tschengla is situated on a high plateau above Bürserberg at 1250m with amazing views of the Brandnertal valley below. The high plain even overlooks a Neolithic stone circle that looks…
A great day for a early morning ski tour at the Hochälpele in the nearby Bregenzerwald. Hochälpele is a moderate tour about 8.4 km, 600m up and 600 down. We got up early to enjoy the fresh snow before other…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I know many of you will be drinking green beer today but I don’t drink beer. But I am a bonafide “whiskey taster” certified at the Jameson Distillery in Dublin, Ireland a…
Bright and early morning cross country skiing on the Argenbach Au in the Bregenzerwald. The Argen will soon be running high and fast with the warmer weather coming. The bees are already back! Not many more days until the snow…
The snow from the previous night made for some icy roads up to the Hochhäderich in the Bregenzerwald. The Alpenarena had only prepared some trails so Franz made his own tracks across the pristine snowscape of the high moors.
When I do anything sportive with Franz I am always playing catch up. He recently went on a snowshoeing tour with his nephew although I edited the video clip to look like he was lagging but he really wasn’t! He…
February is still deep winter in Austria but recently we have had a spate of spring weather and it has been incredible for all snow sports. So we took advantage on a Monday morning and went skiing in Damüls without…