The Sunless Hut
It is well known that the weather in the mountains can be unpredictable. Indeed, during the long but not particularly strenuous 1.5-hour hike from... Read more →
Fat Bomb
The walk from the top station of the Brunnach cable car to the Wolitzenhütte is not difficult but quite lengthy and should not be attempted by... Read more →
The Valley of Nothing
Bad news first. Trausental, the Traisen Valley, named after the river that starts in Vienna's Voralpen (pre-Alps) and joins the Danube not far from... Read more →
Pork Steak Ribs
To make things clear, the Napoleon I'm talking about here has nothing to do with the restaurant that had existed at the same location until 2019,... Read more →
Tripmisadvised
I confess: I opened Google and searched for “spare ribs innsbruck.” Of course, the helpful TripAdvisor made sure that its article, unambiguously... Read more →
The Fastest Jause
The Jause was indeed quick, but the preceding story was not, so get ready. The Patscherkofel is considered the “house mountain” of Innsbruck... Read more →
The Jause of the Last Day
Here is another tip to those planning to visit Stubaital or some other famous hiking/skiing place. Many of these places offer “advanced guest... Read more →
The Not-So-Hidden Valley
Let’s start with the basics of holidaying in the Alps. First and foremost, the Alps have valleys. A valley is a sort of a long area, surrounded by... Read more →
Tyrol’s Basic
The Jausen menu of the Issenangeralm is more than basic: you can have a Speckbrot, a Käsebrot or a “Räucherwurst,” a smoked sausage with... Read more →
The Jause I Did Not Want
Today I violated the main rule of Brettljause-eating: do not order a Brettljause unless you are ready to eat one. I did not realize that not enough... Read more →
The Watermelon Jause
I am used to seeing many different ingredients on a Brettljause but must admit that the watermelon surprised me. Finding it next to Speck,... Read more →
Prater Ribs
Every pork-eating tourist coming to Vienna must visit the Schweizerhaus in Prater. This is almost as important as getting drunk at a Heuriger and... Read more →