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’ […]
Read MoreMonth: August 2018
Das Neue BMW
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 […]
Read MoreMy 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 […]
Read MoreGrand By Any Measure
In the deep alps of Austria, lies her heart, the peak of Großglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. As mountains go it might be dwarfed on paper by 58 higher peaks scattered throughout the alps but in absolute prominence relative to the surrounding terrain it stands only second to France’s Mount Blanc. In the heatwave of a […]
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