Another beautiful morning, another roll call from Christian, our AWMB group leader who rejoined us for the final part of the tour. This would be our last full day in Austria and the organisers had de-finitely left the best till last. Today we would feast on a smorgasbord of delights: a tasting at Domäne Wachau, a river cruise along the Danube before lunch, and then a farewell party in Vienna. Apparently...
My second morning in Austria began with a slight shock. Christian, our ever vigilant group leader was no where to be seen over breakfast. Instead, Barbra Arbeithuber, the AWMB event manager and Scandinavian expert would preside over today’s tour. I wondered if Barbra might be slightly more relaxed over the time, but alas no. Her watch was even bigger than Christian’s and just as accurate. At...
Believe it or not, Austria provides the world with outstanding dry whites with a mineral intensity like no other, gorgeous sweet wines and a range of interesting, often very Burgundian style reds–honestly! Difficult to accept isn’t it, as Austrian wine is so rarely seen in notable quantities outside the father land, but then who could blame the Austrians for keeping their delectable wines to...
On Sunday, we thought of doing a small trip to celebrate Mother’s day. We debated where to go. The Wachau region in Lower Austria and Neusiedlereee in Burgenland were the two final choices but we headed for Burgenland because it’s been years since the last time we all went there together. On the way to Neusiedlersee, we stop bei Weiden am See to have a delicious Steckerlfisch for lunch. Steckerlfisch is basically a grilled fish on a stick. It could be any fish. Gasthaus Steckerlfisch
Unlike a lot of daughter-in-laws, I have a very good relationship with my husband’s family and I always look forward to visiting them and being visited by them. They live somewhere near Vienna and that is a good two-and-a-half-hours drive from Graz. Some weekends, we would agree to meet somewhere between our place and theirs for lunch and one favorite meeting place is the lovely town of Mariazell....
April weather is not exactly the most predictable one as it brings rain, hailstorm, sunshine, and bleak weather in a random fashion. For some reason, the fine weather happens when we’re supposedly working and weekends are annoyingly cold and rainy. So we were über glad when one Saturday afternoon, April finally gave us a more than acceptable weather for a little drive to the countryside. We drove...
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