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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…
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…
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,…
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.…
Long faces on December 25th, no white Christmas again! And the weather forecast was cryptic, definitely rain the following day, maybe a little snow, after that it could get warm again. And then to everybody’s surprise it started snowing on…
We awoke to the most glorious autumn day. The lighting was pristine, the skies were clear, and the air was fresh. It was a great day for a stroll on the Bodensee. We pulled out our maps of Lake Constance…
It was the first day of autumn and my favorite time of year. I love the autumn foliage, migrating birds, the harvest, the wine festivals, and the coming truffle season. So in celebration of the first day of the fall…