Ice Palace
11. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
There are 8 glaciers up the top of the mountain which are collectively known as the Dachstein Glacier. An enterprising group of people have created an underground (underice?) labyrinth where there areLue lisää
Suspension Bridge and Stairway
11. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
So there is a suspension bridge which takes you across a ravene, with the option on walking out onto a platform called the "Stairway to Nothingness". I was the only one up for the challenge, untilLue lisää
Dachstein Mountain
11. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
When you are staying somewhere with lots of mountains, it is inevitable that a “thing” you want to see if on the other side of several mountains. The case today, where we drove nearly two hoursLue lisää
Attersee
10. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We passed along Lake Attersee on the way home from Halstatt, so stopped off to let the driver have a bit of a look at the scenery. There are some serious constructions around to protect the roads fromLue lisää
Halstatt
10. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
The rain disappeared today, so we drove for an hour alongside a couple of the lakes to visit the beautiful lakeside village of Halstatt.
Very picturesque to say the least. The water is crystal clearLue lisää
AirBnB at Mondsee
10. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The kids decided it was time for a swim - just the ticket when it is cold outside hey? Took me a longgggg time to get in the water, but it was quite pleasant once you were in. The coverage is good forLue lisää
Mondsee - wet day no play
9. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
It was raining and cold today, so we had a bit of an indoor day at home. We did head off to the supermarket to stock up on dinner supplies, tried very hard to find a cafe which was open for lunchLue lisää
Eisriesenwelt Ice Caves
8. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Time to leave Salzburg today, which meant we were homeless until we could check in at our next place after 3pm. It was also raining, so an indoor activity was required. What better activity than toLue lisää
Trick Fountains
7. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Heading back into Salzburg from the snow adventure, we stopped at Hellbrunn Palace to visit the Trick Fountains. The summer residence for the archbishop/prince of Salzburg, Markus Sittikus, he createdLue lisää
More snow photos
7. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Because being in snow is not an everyday sort of an event for born-and-bred Queenslanders!
Snow!
7. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
It was cold this morning, still a bit drizzly, but you only get one chance, so we set off to catch a couple of buses to get to the cable car which takes you up to the 1853m summit of Mt Untersberg.Lue lisää
Hot wine
6. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
This is what happens if you decide to drink the hot wine!
Salzburg
6. lokakuuta 2017, Itävalta ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
A bit of a novelty this morning... We are staying in a newish compact hotel room with no self-catering facilities or fridge etc, which makes breakfast a bit more of an ordeal in some ways. The hotelLue lisää
Heidi Land
5. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We could have taken a more direct route between Venice and Salzburg, but were more than happy to add an hour and half driving time to the journey today so we could visit Bressanone Brixen for lunch -Lue lisää
Three countries - one day
5. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
We set off from Venice this morning by 9am amidst heavy fog (to be more accurate, it was smog - pollution was evident throughout Tuscany all the way up to Venice). By the time we started to gatherLue lisää
Venezia
4. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We spent another day wandering around the backstreets of Venice today. Poked in and around various art shops and free museums. There was one collection by Jan Fabre which was titled Glass and BoneLue lisää
Venezia
3. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
More photos, because it such a photogenic city and I can't get enough of bridges, canals and skinny little streets you barely know are there until you have to turn down them!
Venice
3. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Leisurely start to the day (not sure how I am going to go back to 5.15am starts when I get back to Australia - positively uncivilised!), and then we started an epic day of leisurely meandering throughLue lisää
Certaldo to Venice
2. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We said goodbye to Glen and Jeff today - they were leaving to fly from Bologna to Paris to catch a flight back to Australia - and we were heading off to Venice. I had calculated that we would haveLue lisää
Wet day, no play in Certaldo Alto
1. lokakuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We woke up to the sounds of light rain on the roof tops this morning, which was perfect really because the kids were happy to lounge around all day in their pyjamas, and we were pretty much of theLue lisää
Cucina Giuseppina: Chocolate Salami
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
And for dessert the kids made a homely chocolate salami - a family recipe common to this part of the world. It got the "lick" of approval...
Cucina Giuseppina: Chicken Cacciatore
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Next course was chicken cacciatore with porcini mushrooms
Cucina Giuseppina: Pasta
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We made a traditional Tuscan pasta called pici which used to be hand-rolled by the ladies around the table as they had a gossip. These days, use a pasta machine - much faster.
Tip: 100gms flour and 1Lue lisää
Cucina Giuseppina: Bruschetta
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Tip: Pronounced "brus-ketta" (and this is what Giuseppina has called her book).
Goes without saying - yummy - and a good view whilst partaking of yumminess...
Cooking School at Cucina Giuseppina
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Can't come to Tuscany and not do cooking school!
Just so happens to be one right at our front door, so we signed up for the evening class where we were able to enjoy our own Tuscan delicacies andLue lisää
San Gimigliano
30. syyskuuta 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The kids were keen to "not have a long day" so we had a leisurely start to the morning (ie: stayed in bed 'til late), and then 25 minutes over to the other hilltop village we can see from our place,Lue lisää














































































































































































































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