River cruise on the Romantic Rhine

River cruise on the Romantic Rhine

Schloss Stolzenfels

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 theLeia mais
Walk to Koblenz along the Rhine

Rüdesheim am Rhein day trip

Overnight in Munich

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 midLeia mais
Bassano del Grappa

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 eveningLeia mais
Bassano del Grappa

Bassano del Grappa

Trieste

Trieste

Warmbad villach

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 pureLeia mais
Warmbad Villach to Feistritz an Gail

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 toLeia mais
Warmbad Villach to Feistritz an Gail

Feistritzer Alm

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 thenLeia mais
Feistritzer Alm

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 bearsLeia mais
Valbruna

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 prettyLeia mais
Valbruna

Mount Lussari

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 didLeia mais
Mount Lussari

Mount Lussari

Looking back from Lussari - you can see the cutting (and old tunnel entrance) on the rock face which was our track in.
Tarvisio

Tarvisio

Refugio Zacchi

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 areasLeia mais
Refugio Zacchi

ViajanteJust beautiful! As my sister-in-law says, who lived in Germany for 2 years, "the place is filthy with castles!"