“The heart of Austria!”, my cousin exclaimed as we stood on the far side of Pasterze Glacier on the Carinthian side of the border between Carinthia and Tyrol, deep in the Austrian Alps. High in that uninviting world of ice and rock four climbers are slowly making their way up a 45 degree ridge-line to […]
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Peak Restaurant in Bundoran has one of the most awesome panoramic ocean views I have ever experienced. Being seated there was something between being on the bridge of an ocean liner leaving port and some palatial dining hall. Combining a window table with sunset timing and we got both dinner and a show of Ireland’ […]
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Airports often showcase high end cars to wealthy travelers but rarely the exotica of the motoring world. That’s where this car is different. On the one hand it posses like a European super car yet being an electric hybrid it seems at odds with itself. I’m not sure what I think about this beautiful beast. […]
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A veteran and pillion novice soar high above the village of Sankt Gilgen and Wolfgangsee. I wonder how many times the veteran has launched himself from the slopes of the Zwölferhorn. Of little doubt is the experience of the novice. Probably this is his very first time. I wonder if his pillion ride will be […]
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My cousin Roman had talked about ‘the monkeys’ up in the high alps. How they chatter, whistle and shriek between themselves up in the alpine valleys. I thought he was joking! Monkeys in Austria? Call it something lost in translation or perhaps a local joke but then we spotted a pair lingering close to their […]
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