We had picked up our son from his job in Vienna to spend a weekend hiking in the Alpes. There are 2 prominent mountains at the south eastern end of the Alpes which we wanted to show him: Rax and Schneeberg. Caution: stay clear of the livestock Walking up the pastures Many routes to choose …
In Tyrol, we stopped at a very nice camping in Imst (Activ Camping), and because we really liked it there, we decided to stay for 2 nights. The owner recommended us to hike up the Rosengarten canyon, which we did. Of course, at this time of the year the canyon was already open, and we …
It was a beautiful drive through the Austrian Alps from Lunz am See to South Tyrol with some adventures on the way. Driving up and down different passes is always a challenge with our weight of 5.3 tonnes and we wish we would have a retarder for downhill braking, but driving with 4×4 and low …
We finally left Vienna and are on the way to South Tyrol now. We took the route through the Alps and found a little hike at the south of the Hochkar, where you can walk up a canyon which has a big surprise at the top! First you cross the river Salza on a suspension …
We always tell ourselves we go to the Pogusch for the nice hikes there, but the truth is, we go there for the fantastic restaurant. We had arrived in the evening and had spent the night at the parking along the street (47.529583, 15.333602) which was peaceful during the night. We always go on a …
We passed the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, before we reached Knittelfeld, where we spotted two towers standing out of the hill behind the town. It looked like a good hiking destination, so we searched for a parking and started to walk. From the outskirts of Knittelfeld (47.218293, 14.824699), a path flanked by chestnut trees …
We headed in direction of Bad St. Leonhard, where we had arranged an appointment with our friend Klaus to pick up some of his excellent Tuscany olive oil “Fabiani di Sotto”. He showed us his historic cinema called “Lichtspieltheater”, which he had bought years ago. It was opened in 1953 and closed in 1970, and had …
The weather radar showed oncoming snow over night in the eastern parts of Austria, so we prepared our hiking gear for a walk in the snow the next morning. ready for a hike … In the morning we first prepared the camper with snow chains for our drive to the starting point of our hike, …
Lots of snow during the night forced us to tire-chain our camper to survive the next kilometres down hill as we wanted to reach the starting point of a planned hike. As we are well equipped for snow with 4×4, proper winter tires and chains, it was easy for us to enjoy this winter day …
Through the internet we found out about a Musik Fest so we drove to Hollabrunn, north east of Vienna and a little further, until we reached the villages of Grabern. In 5 different villages one or more little stages were set up and bands of many different music genres played for one hour, half an …
