On Friday night we meet Larry at Weinhauser for tartares and schnizel, accompanied by hot sauces. He has just arrived back from a week’s childrens’ camp in Carinthia, and is off early on Saturday to Rome where he looks after…
Finally after sweltering days, a full rainy day and a lower temperature. We visit KHM and the small Cranach museum, follwed by coffee in the best coffee house in Vienna.
Sunday, time to catch Mozart Great Mass at the Augustinerkirche. Larry goes by scooter, Mungo by ebike, and me by bike. All separately. Afterwards sinful refreshments at Palmenhaus before returning back home. The evening before we met up at Feuerwehr…
Thanks to a thunderstorm and rain, a late start. First stop is a visit to the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte. Expositions of wirthaus, and Bavaria through time including Ludwig II and the wars. (“I wish to remain an eternal enigma…
Another scorching day, well over 30°C. We catch a 910am bus with Maria to the train station of Priem and go to Munich where we change trains for Regensburg. Total travel time over 4 hours. In the afternoon we bus…
Another beautiful sunny day, elsewhere causing fires and heat waves but here at 600m+ quite lovely. As Mungo cuts herself badly on a branch, I carry on up to the alm for an apple schwörl, then return around 330pm. In…
We cross the Austrian border to go to this stunning valley and mountain range. We stop an hour from the top. In the evening Hungarian goulasch and smoked reiken amidst Brünnhilde’s encircling flames.
After a day climbing Everest, that is taking the Kaiserlift to the very top and walking back down, we head towards Maria and Hartmund in deepest Bavaria. A most enjoyable tajin awaits!
A beautiful day greets us, weary from the tribulations of the gods. A path off the nearby road leads into the woods with good view of the town and festung. Which of course after an ice cream we visit. At…
We take the early morning 730am train to Kufstein in Tyrol and arrive at this pretty Alpine town before midday. A coach takes us to the modern Erl complex, where the performance starts promptly at 5pm. The superb seats Mungo…
Yes, they are everywhere, whether cruising blindly down Flow lines in Wienerwald, having their hair cut, curtain making or dining on the deck. No way to avoid!
Last day of the 4 week German course. Head to the exhibition “Disposing of Hitler” at the HoAH. Then Mungo comes and we briefly look at the section 1918 onwards. After we walk to Cafe Delia.
We jump on the bikes and canter to Prater, ending up with a torte at the Altes Jäger.