Blogs from Seefeld, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Gestern machte ich wieder einen Ausflug in die Berge. Über Murnau fuhr ich nach Oberammergau, wo das Pilatushaus und das Festspielhaus die Highlights darstellen. Von dort setzte ich meinen Ausflug in Ettal fort, wo ich mehrere Käse- und Wurstsorten zusammen mit Ettaler Bier einkaufte. Weiter ging es durch Garmisch-Partenkirchen und über die Grenze nach Seefeld. Ich hatte ja am Samstag noch einen Corona-Test machen lassen und mich digital für Österreich und die Rückkehr nach Deutschland angemeldet, aber es gab keine scharfen Kontrollen und ich musste diese Dokumente nicht vorzeigen. In Seefeld sah ich die Absperrungen rund um den Fußballplatz und wartete auf die Spieler, die am Tag zuvor noch mit dem Mountain-Bike gekommen waren. Aber ich sah nur mehrere Betreuer und Journalisten und bin danach zum Teamhotel im Nachbarort. Auch dort machte ich mehrere Fotos, bevor ... read more

Friday 22 May: When we arrived at our hotel yesterday evening Zachary was very excited to see they had an in-house kindergarten. We talked to him about it and he said he would like to go. This morning we discussed it again and explained how it would be like when he went to Jenny or Denise’s place. Mummy and Daddy would be somewhere else (going to museums). He was super-keen to go so we packed his bag and went down at 10 to meet Olga, the young lady who runs it. She speaks passable English, certainly well enough to communicate with children, so it was all good. We left him to it and headed into Innsbruck. First stop was the Tourist Info office at the Hauptbahnhof. Treviso (and other places for that matter) take note – ... read more

Spent the day visiting suppliers and making sure all is in order for our guests when they arrive from 20 Dec. Am a little concerned about the lack of snow in Seefeld. The lift services wanted to being last week - but they had to postpone because of lack of snow. There is no "based on which to build the pistes - so they are desperately waiting for snow. They have snow-making machines working in some areas - but it won't be enough :(... read more

A great day of cross-country skiing! I've attached some pictures as the pan doesn't quite capture the beauty. After skiing we had some gluhvein to relax the muscles (only therapeutic) Now we're off to have dinnet at the beer garden. Life is good!... read more

The day everyone has been waiting for..!! The village was abuzz with locals and visitors alike. Whilst the 25th Dec is not observed as the tradition "Christmas Day" that we in Australia/UK/USA/NZ do...we have our "traditional" Christmas Day lunch at the Hotel Central. Kathie and I spent some time adding Christmas decorations to the Christmas Table - including some Cracker Jacks for the younger children. (we did this last year for everyone - but as they are "made in China" thingys that requires some time and patience to put together - the cardboard "jack", the joke, the party hat and then the ribbon ties - it makes for aching fingers, so we just did enough for the younger ones). Santa had been caught up in the floods in outback QLD, so he sent 2 bags of ... read more