Snow Shoe Hiking in Bregenzerwald

Clog, step, clog, step…it’s a sunny morning in Bregenzerwald when our guide Helga from Kultur in Bewegung leads us through the mountains on snowshoes. I always thought snowshoes were like tennis-rackets, but apparently, these days, they are a lot more modern...

Husky Sleigh Riding in the Austrian Alps

Sleigh riding with huskies in Austria? Yep! We couldn’t believe it ourselves at first, but somewhere hidden in the Brandnertal mountains there’s a guy named Husky Toni who has his own husky farm with 16 beautiful dogs. These beautiful wolf like creatures have...

Hotel Lun in Brand, Austria

Hotel Lun has been a family-run business for decades and recently the two brothers who run the hotel renovated and modernized the building. Apart from a fantastic spa in the basement and the cute breakfast area (don’t miss some old details in the interior, like the...

Skiing in Brand

The skiing season is nearly over. But with this wintry spring we might be able to enjoy the slopes just a little bit longer. If you are going on a last-minute late-season skiing trip or planning your trip for next year we found a great area for you: Vorarlberg. And even...

Ice Skating In Haarlem

When it starts freezing in Holland  it seems the whole country goes back a couple of hundred years. The world actuallly looks like the old paintings of winter scenes by the Dutch Masters. It seems the last days of winter are upon us, so we decided to get on the ice as...

The frozen city

I’ve been living in Amsterdam for almost 15 years now and for the first time we could ice skate on the canals! It’s as if everybody leaves the streets and chooses the canals as their favorite route; to walk on in warm winter boots, to cycle on the ice (crazy),...

Wine, Escargots and a Warm Winter Sun

Yesterday I told you about Saint Paul de Vence in France. Well, I love this village so much I can write about it every day. Here goes. Three things you need to do when you’re there: Enjoy the views. Park your car outside the village walls and take in the scenery...