Hamburg had been on our radar for quite some time. I had been 20 years ago with my class at school, my husband had been a couple of times in the past few years, but we wanted to explore it a bit more. Once we decided we were going, we decided to take the train […]
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Bernina and Alp Grüm in the Snow
At the beginning of the month, we had our first “real” snow, i.e. snow that stayed longer than a couple of hours before melting. We headed up to the mountains for a quick overnight stay. It was sunny and cold, but there was snow. Perfect to start the festive season! It was a full moon […]
Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg
Once we had decided we wanted to visit Hamburg in early December, we knew we wanted to try for concert tickets at the newly opened Elbphilharmonie. The minute the tickets went online we tried our best, but we certainly weren’t the only ones trying for tickets and as the website froze I knew we wouldn’t […]
A Walk to Pfarrachalm
You never know what the weather will be like when you make plans far in advance. We were looking forward to our trip to Innsbruck to visit friends and it turned out we lucked out with the weather. It may have been foggy, but it was dry one day and the next it was sunny […]
Postcard from Strasbourg
After our cruise down the Rhine, we disembarked at Strasbourg. Originally, a boat ride on the river Ill had been planned, but it was cancelled due to flooding. We decided to make our way to the train station on our own and gave ourselves almost 3 hours to walk through the historic center to the […]
Culinary Cruise Down the Rhine
Two years ago we traveled up the Rhine river, enjoying a gourmet meal prepared by Nenad Mlinarevic. This autumn we joined the gourmet festival cruise again and enjoyed a meal prepared by Tanja Grandits and Rico Zandonella (both with 2 Michelin stars each). My sister first introduced me to Tanja Grandits’ cuisine after she had […]