Another virtual evening spent traveling around Europe during lockdown. First a wine tasting with two vintners from Tuscany, Italy and the Castilla y León region in Spain. We then joined part two of a live stream event from my son’s…
Another virtual evening spent traveling around Europe during lockdown. First a wine tasting with two vintners from Tuscany, Italy and the Castilla y León region in Spain. We then joined part two of a live stream event from my son’s…
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
The North Atlantic Seas glimmered with floating icebergs and rocky islands streamed with ribbons of glacial melt as I gazed out the tiny window of our airplane at the endless landscape below. It took my the breath away. Awestruck I…
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.…
When one has a “yen” for a REALLY good gin & tonic some of us will go to great lengths to seek out the best ingredients to quench our thirst. Well, it was a little easier for us to gather…
The cold waters off Disko Island provide the perfect environment for the famous sweet and succulent Disko Bay Snow Crab. We chose the Hotel Icefiord as it was rated the top restaurant in town and rightly so. The delicate and…
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…
Swami’s, D St., Grandview, Seaside, Ponto, 17th St. Huntington, 19th St. Newport, and of course good ole Trestles. Places near and dear to my heart. I took up surfing when I was about 12 and back in the 70’s…