If anyone had mentioned “turopolie” to me a few days ago, I would have thought it were some kind of...
The code in the address gave me the first hint, but a quick study of the maps confirmed the suspicion:...
The Tauernhaus is located at the end of the very beautiful Dorfer Valley and belongs to a German alpine club....
To start with an off-topic, Ehrwald is so close to Germany that German punctuality seems to affect everything here, including...
Bürgenstock by the Lake Lucerne offers a strange combination of an exclusive mountain resort and a surprisingly “normal” hiking location....
I had suspected it, but as I was approaching Gustoplatzl (for some reason, that name is often written in all...
The village of Tauplitz is a Mecca for Brettljausen. Leaving the chairlift at the upper station of Tauplitzalm, one is...
There are many ways to reach Mostheuriger Steurer Gutenmann. The simplest and the most logical one is with a car,...
Another day, another valley. Compared to Untersulzbachtal, the nearby Obersulzbach is somewhat longer but is somehow easier to enter, having...
The Kölnbrein Dam and its water reservoir at the end of the Malta Valley are stunningly beautiful. They are also...
The next time I visit Ötztal and Sölden (and it’s funny to observe how the initial “maybes” and “whens” turn...
What? A week-long holiday and only one Brettljause, hastily squeezed into the last day, just before catching a bus back...













