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River cruise on the Romantic Rhine
12 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
VoyageurJust beautiful! As my sister-in-law says, who lived in Germany for 2 years, "the place is filthy with castles!"
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River cruise on the Romantic Rhine
12 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
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Schloss Stolzenfels
13 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The Rhine really is "filthy with castles" (thanks to Elaine for this quote) but this is our favourite and we have a great view of it from our apartment windows and balcony - we have loved watching the late afternoon light and sunset colours falling across this beautiful shimmering white castle.En savoir plus
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Walk to Koblenz along the Rhine
13 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
VoyageurAlan says he has been there! Is there anywhere he hasn’t been I wonder 😎
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Rüdesheim am Rhein day trip
14 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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Overnight in Munich
15 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
So... we have been planning for 2 months now, to do our first shopping in Munich (beautiful shoes, boots, hiking gear) and we made careful plans to arrive at the correct time (not Sunday or mid afternoon) so that we would have time to shop. However when we arrived, we discovered that today was a special public holiday just for Munich and EVERYTHING was closed ..... so we had to resort to the usual activities of eating and drinking ((Rudi was very happy)!En savoir plus
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Bassano del Grappa
16 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We were so excited to return to Italy today and arriving in the old walled town of Bassano del Grappa was glorious. Our room looked straight out onto the piazza and it was a beautiful warm evening with everything bathed in golden light - we fell in love with this place immediately. It is the home of Grappa (and many other delicious food and drinks) and it left us with no other choice but to feast and drink from one end of town to the other.En savoir plus
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VoyageurAnd we met each other. 💕🙏👍
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VoyageurHy from Vienna. In Austria we don´t have Kangaroos, but we have Joe and Sally: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_&_Sally. Die Photographer and Artist Willy Puchner is a fellow student of me. http://www.willypuchner.com/de/sdp1_index.htm Keep on walking and travelling. Nice to meet you in Bassano and hope to see you in vienna again, Albert
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Bassano del Grappa
17 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
VoyageurWoW 😍
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Voyageur Great place to chill!
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Bassano del Grappa
17 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Voyageur „Our“ bridge. Albert asked me THE question ... 💕❤️💕❤️💍
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Voyageur We have been there also on sunday!
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Trieste
18 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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Trieste
18 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
VoyageurGreat photos guys, keep up the good "work" ;) xx
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Voyageur We love this City, we love Trieste!
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Warmbad villach
20 août 2019, Autriche ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today we made our final preparation for the hike then spent the evening relaxing at the thermal pool shown in the photo which has been built directly over the natural spring. Swimming in this pure thermal water was so beautiful and you could see and feel the fine bubbles rising up around you -a bit like swimming in a glass of French champagne!
We are also back in the land of the dirndl (traditional Austrian clothing) - I think the one in this photo is my all time favourite ..... unfortunately the prices do add up to over 2000 Euro (which is getting close to $4000).En savoir plus
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VoyageurEnjoy your amazing hike and give the Barengbiet a wide berth. Weather seems to be OK
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VoyageurWe started the day with seeing cute little squirrels but we were a bit surprised to see the bear warning sign!
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Warmbad Villach to Feistritz an Gail
21 août 2019, Autriche ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
24 km, 7 hours, ascent 287m, descent 208m, rating easy/moderate
Today we hit the Alpe Adria Trail again to complete the 2nd half (after walking the first 400km last year).
Despite our best efforts to keep the weight down in our backpacks, they still felt surprisingly heavy as we set out. We walked through Carinthia’s first nature park, followed an old Roman Road with deep cart tracks carved into the rocks and a colossal area of rock fall from Mt Dobratsch. Our accommodation tonight is in a lovely hotel with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains..... and our feet are quite sore!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Enjoy you trek, I guess prep has been a little different this time😊 Loving your photos
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Voyageur Yes Marlene, the prep has involved a lot of eating and drinking- glad you are enjoying the photos. Hope you guys are well. Xxx
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Warmbad Villach to Feistritz an Gail
21 août 2019, Autriche ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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Feistritzer Alm
22 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
9.8 km, ascent 1135m, descent 0, medium rating
We had a glorious breakfast with so many things to choose from but my favourite item was the house made butter (served on ice) with crusty bread! We then walked out the door of the hotel and immediately started our ascent of 1135m which did not ease off until we arrived at our mountain hut right on the border of Italy, Austria, and Slovenia. Everything was sitting in the clouds when we arrived (the hut sits at 1711m) and we spent the entire afternoon watching the panorama around us change minute by minute. It was a busy stopping place for walkers of all ages (and their dogs) and a noisy mix of the 3 languages - it was fantastic entertainment. We spent the afternoon and evening, eating drinking and talking. At around 6pm the fog and cloud finally lifted to reveal incredible views of the surrounding alps. Our sleeping quarters for the night was a basic wood room without power but cosy all the same.En savoir plus
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Voyageur It´s a long, long way ...
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Feistritzer Alm
22 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We saw the bears .... as a photograph on the wall of the mountain hut! They now have 4 pairs in the district and this year, one was seen just outside the hut. A few years back they thought the bears were definitely heading to extinction in these areas.En savoir plus
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Valbruna
23 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
14.7km, ascent 244m, descent 1123m, medium rating
We left the hut in drizzle and fog and within 10 minutes we were in almost total whiteout on the ridge - which made navigation by markers pretty useless. We eventually managed to find a track (and not lose each other) and we started our long steep descent. Unfortunately we missed the views because of the cloud but it provided lovely cool walking conditions in the forest down to the pretty village of Valbruna, Italy.En savoir plus
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Valbruna
23 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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Mount Lussari
24 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
11.7 km, ascent 1095m, descent 0, rating medium
Unfortunately our climb today did not deliver the jaw dropping views described in the guide book, due to very thick cloud, fog and drizzle. It did however provide lovely cool walking conditions for the long steep ascent. It was a very special moment when the fog momentarily cleared to reveal the gorgeous village of Lussari, perched on the next mountain over, just as the church bells rang across the ravine echoing off the surrounding alps. When we arrived the village was alive with day trippers who had taken the ski lift up and by 5 o’clock there was hardly a soul around - in fact we were the only people in the entire lodge/hotel. As the sun set, different mountains came into view and it was stunning. Only one month ago (in the middle of summer) they had 20 cm of snow fall here!En savoir plus
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Mount Lussari
24 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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Mount Lussari
24 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Looking back from Lussari - you can see the cutting (and old tunnel entrance) on the rock face which was our track in.
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Tarvisio
25 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Voyageur Nice one!
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Voyageur Wow!
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Tarvisio
25 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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Refugio Zacchi
26 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
22km, 1259 ascent, 607m descent, rating moderate
We met a lovely couple (Thomas and Marion from Germany) at the beginning of the trail today and walked together for the rest of the day. The lake areas were beautiful and we had perfect clear weather and sunshine to enjoy the reflection of the surrounding alps in the water. The climb up to the Rifugio was quite brutal (at one stage it was difficult just to put one foot in front of the other) but we were well rewarded with the views from this beautiful cosy rifugio perched on the mountain.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Dad said you look stuffed!
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Refugio Zacchi
26 août 2019, Italie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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