Speck – tasty, tasty speck… For those of you that may not be familiar with speck, allow us to introduce you. Speck is essentially a type of cured, smoked ham. It is delicious. It is also a Tyrolean speciality and, since we are such committed travellers (and […]
Hiking up Mt Hafelekar We wanted to hike (some of the way) up Mt Hafelekar today, so when the day dawned cool and cloudy we were very pleased. It wasn’t the gloriously sunny day we had hoped for, but at least it wasn’t raining, sleeting or snowing! […]
Friggatriskaidekaphobia: A fear of Friday 13th Willkommen in Österreich*! We crossed another border today and have arrived in Austria – the last of the Germanic lands we will be visiting on this trip. Ahhhh Austria… the geographical heart of Europe; land of culture and history, and once the epicentre of […]
A rainy day in tiny Vaduz Top of the afternoon, blogaholics. Unbeknownst to us, today was Liechtenstein’s unofficial ‘water the whole damn country’ day and our gear just wasn’t up to the task for being 2km up, in the great outdoors trudging (drowning) in centimetres of rain. So we […]
The beautiful, tasty flora and fauna of Liechtenstein We’ve had a fantastic day hiking through the forests and fields of Liechtenstein today, checking out the local flora. We got to explore the alpine villages of Rotenboden, Steinort and Triesenberg; and had our own little Liechtensteiniene safari. We saw […]
Wandering Soles 