Exercise for the Teeth
South Tyrol is entering hibernation, before waking up again in December for skiing holidays. Cable cars shut down operations one after the other,... Read more →
The First Marende of Bolzano
No one expects to go to an unfamiliar city and get a great Brettljause the very first evening. Visiting Bozen (Bolzano) for the first time in my... Read more →
A Stormy Jause
It’s not storm, really, but Sturm, which means the same thing but also fermented grape juice, served all around Austria in September and early... Read more →
A Kitsch Farm Jause
The first thing one notices about the Moarhofalm is that they use hiking boots in place of flower pots. There is at least a dozen pairs hanging on... Read more →
Another Foggy Lake Jause
My short holidays this year started with a snow, continued with a fog, so it was only logical for them to end with a snow and a fog. Not that I... Read more →
The Foggy Lake Jause
The Hans-Wödl-Hütte must be located in a very nice place. There is a lake next to it, and a lake below, and another lake above. It must be... Read more →
The Jause of Last Resort
If yesterday was a day of unexpected snows, today was the day of somewhat predictably closed mountain huts. None of the three huts in the Untertal... Read more →
The Snowfall Jause
It’s the first day of autumn, they say. The first day of winter, more like. It had been raining from the morning; 200 meters above my hotel the... Read more →
The King of Stammersdorf
When tourists go to Grinzing, Austrians go to Strebersdorf and Stammerdorf (a few go elsewhere, but these are freaks). To give them credit, some... Read more →
The Second Chance
Everyone deserves a second chance, Brelljause restaurants included. More than four years after my last visit to the Tiroler Alm, their abysmal... Read more →
A Lakeview Jause
Take the cable car from St. Gilgen to the top of the Zw֊ölferhorn, and you will be surrounded by Brettljause places. The Sausteigalm, reachable in... Read more →
A Closing Time Jause
“What, you want to eat? Isn’t it too late?” “Yes and yes” is the answer, but honestly this was hardly the best way to start a dinner.... Read more →