Once we had decided we wanted to visit Hamburg in early December, we knew we wanted to try for concert tickets at the newly opened Elbphilharmonie. The minute the tickets went online we tried our best, but we certainly weren’t the only ones trying for tickets and as the website froze I knew we wouldn’t […]
Travel
A Walk to Pfarrachalm
You never know what the weather will be like when you make plans far in advance. We were looking forward to our trip to Innsbruck to visit friends and it turned out we lucked out with the weather. It may have been foggy, but it was dry one day and the next it was sunny […]
Postcard from Strasbourg
After our cruise down the Rhine, we disembarked at Strasbourg. Originally, a boat ride on the river Ill had been planned, but it was cancelled due to flooding. We decided to make our way to the train station on our own and gave ourselves almost 3 hours to walk through the historic center to the […]
Culinary Cruise Down the Rhine
Two years ago we traveled up the Rhine river, enjoying a gourmet meal prepared by Nenad Mlinarevic. This autumn we joined the gourmet festival cruise again and enjoyed a meal prepared by Tanja Grandits and Rico Zandonella (both with 2 Michelin stars each). My sister first introduced me to Tanja Grandits’ cuisine after she had […]
Swiss Historic Hotels 2017
Generally, we visit 1-2 Swiss Historic Hotels per year. For some reason we ended up visiting 4 this year. The first one we stayed at this year is one that is fairly new on the list. We booked a room at the Türmlihus in Fideris. Nestled in the hills of the Prättigau, the village of […]
Book Review / Rezension: Kulinarische Zeitreisen
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know that we are avid visitors of Swiss Historic Hotels. These beautiful old buildings, which clearly have a story to tell, are of great interest to us, not only because of their history but also the way they are built and the special […]