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.
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…
Champagne and Penne pasta made for a “hearty” Valentine’s Day meal. After a chilly afternoon on the cross country trails we kept it easy for our evening celebration. So a simple Pomodoro sauce was in order. Beginning with tomato sauce…
Brrr… A chilly 10° C cross country ski afternoon in the Bregenzerwald at Sibratsgfäll. The trails were icy and fast today. This past winter many of the slopes and trails for skiing in Vorarlberg were open only to residents due…
A bit of holiday decor to brighten the December gray. Melding our two cultures together is expressed in our own “NavAustrian” style using natural materials collected from our travels, from our garden, and the local mountains
Biked over today to check out the 2019 Bregenzer Festspiele stage presentation for Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto. And it was pretty spectacular. Just the head of the clown alone weighs 30 tons and the helium balloon rises during the performance.…
Vertical white mountain peaks glistened in the winter sun in the cloudless blue skies.The Arlberg Mountain beckoned us back again for a spring skiing extravaganza! There was tons of snow to be found and the perfect weather guaranteed another fantastic…
Juppenwerkstatt in Riefensberg “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…” this iconic opening theme from the the beloved children’s show Mr Roger’s Neighborhood aptly describes my birthday spent in our Bregenz “backyard.” It was a weekend filled with art, music, delicous food,…
Day One: Bregenz, Austria to Langenargen, Germany Day Two: Langenargen to Ludwigshafen, Germany Day Three: Ludwigshafen to Konstanz, Germany, then to Romanshorn, Switzerland Back to home