Here is another tip to those planning to visit Stubaital or some other famous hiking/skiing place. Many of these places...
The Jausen menu of the Issenangeralm is more than basic: you can have a Speckbrot, a Käsebrot or a “Räucherwurst,”...
I am used to seeing many different ingredients on a Brettljause but must admit that the watermelon surprised me. Finding...
Heiligenblut was the first place in Austria that I visited alone. In retrospective, I am wondering why I chose a...
The Zwölferhorn cable car has gone through quite a few improvements since the last time I used it. Which must...
“Käse, Wurst und Speck” (cheese, sausage and bacon) is how most Brettljausen describe themselves in Tyrol, in small print under...
Let’s start with the basics of holidaying in the Alps. First and foremost, the Alps have valleys. A valley is...
Today I violated the main rule of Brettljause-eating: do not order a Brettljause unless you are ready to eat one....
I have been eating so many spare ribs recently that I felt the focus of this website was shifting. To...
I leave it to the readers to find out why this Heuriger has a fire department (“Feuerwehr”) in its name....
If there were an award for the most improbable place to find a Brettljause, Käpt’n Otto would be a serious...
Recently I have been mostly travelling in the afternoons, spending the first half of the day in the office before...













