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Stuhleck from Altenberg an der Rax

Take your ski, grab my board …let’s go! For a weekend shorter than usual, between 22nd and 24th of February we have to go somewhere really close. The closest reasonable resort reachable from Vienna is Stuhleck.  Though quite tough to find a place to stay, we luckily end up in a nice Gasthaus called “Altenbergerhof” almost at the end of world .. erhh, well end of Altenbergar Bach Tal. And still only 18 kilometres away from Stuhleck slopes!!  The resort offers some 26 kms of good and funny slopes.  However due to its location, it is a bit crowded there, especially on Saturdays.

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Lackenhof from Lunz am See

This season there is plenty of snow and perfect skiing conditions. There are many resorts quickly reachable from Vienna, among the others Lackenhof. During the 2nd February w/end we picked up an accommodation in a close town called Lunz am See, some 10kms away from Lackehof slopes. The Land Hotel Zellerhof we can recommend for it’s wide and tasty eating options plus pleasant modern wellness. On the other hand the Lackenhof slopes spreading on Grösser and Kleiner Ötscher offer some 19kms of red and blue tracks well suitable for all.

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Sölden

As a nice tradition within our group of friends, we go year by year for a winter skiing vacation. At the very first years, several times in row, we enjoyed Slovakian Jasná. Later on, not only due to climate changes, we moved a bit higher and visited Austrian resorts like Kitzbühel, Kaprun and Schladming. Suddenly there was this idea. Why not to go to Sölden? Yes, Tirol, yes faaar away… But, what could follow all those wonderful places?! Sölden. The truth is, it is somehow special. Not just because of Spectre and agent Bond, but surely because of those slopes. Amazing! To be there, one feels privileged. Thank you Sölden!

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Barcelona

Down there to Spain again! It’s been a third time this year to none in the past. And why? Well, always for a different reason of course. Lately, between 14th and 18th of November, originally just to make a nice trip, but then also to celebrate Senko’s birthday.

Although we had quite a fair plan prepared, Barcelona turned out to be a bit too big and too interesting to manage all the scheduled highlights. Well, at least we picked up those like La Pedrera, Casa Batlo, Park Guell plus outer views of Familia Sagrada – all the great works of the greatest Antonio Gaudi. Not to forgot, we also enjoyed the Aquarium and Maritime museum and beautiful views from Monjuic and its castle. For the end of our trip, we couldn’t go any better than to Jazzsí club and experience a real flamenco fever.

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Stuttgart – Luzern – Innsbruck

There was a long awaited need for a business trip to Stuttgart. It has already been planned for 26th of October (Austrian National Day). Luckily the trip could also happen and was prolonged a bit at the end. Arriving to Stuttgart was a kind of blow due to the massive constrictions in the middle of the city and a noticeable smog coming not only from the works. Despite this small disruption we could do and accomplish the business.

The way back we took a byway through Switzerland and stopped by the town of Luzern. This is a nice old town with many landmarks and of course streets full of quality watches, jewellery and more. Also a nice place called Jazzkantine.

The next day we drove towards home and overslept in Innsbruck. Also, for the first time in here, we had to see all its beauty. And it definitely is worth of it. To explore the city – Central Hotel was a very convenient choice.

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Ötscher from Gössing

Since the year 2011 we remember 15th of October very well. We do also commemorate the day and usually spend the closest weekend to enjoy it. This year we choose a tiny little place called Gössing (or Gössing an der Mariazeller Bahn in full) which consists of 1 or 2 farm houses and a great old fashioned hotel. The better side of the hotel offers rooms with a wonderful view to Ötscher (from Slavic Otče = Father) peak. It’s also a perfect place to start various tours around. One we would definitely recommend is the Ötschergraben tour (known as Austrian Grand Canyon) which can be performed during one day also in combination with lunch at the Vorderötscher Schutzhaus.

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Walk around Lindkogel

Lovely warm weather on 6th of October invited us to visit the nature. We picked up the near and easy “Badener Lindkogel Wanderweg” and extended its suggested 7,6 km by another three or so. Especially the extension to Rauheneck castle ruins was a good choice as from the preserved castle tower, some beautiful views can be enjoyed. On the way back down the hill, we stopped by a place called Vila Eugen. This is basically a “schloss” lately occupied by Erzherzog Eugen descendant of Maria Theresia. Nowadays something like hypnotisation and soul correction could be found there.

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Windsurfing in Croatia

Not to miss our favourite summer destination, we went to Croatia also this year. This time on a special mission we stayed on Krk in Krk (the main town holds the island’s name 🙂 from 17th till 25th of August. Krk town lies just next to Punat and in between there is one of the well-known Windsurfing destinations. Of course, you should be a member of a Golf club, to get in there. Luckily we managed and could finally practise the lovely wind-salty sport endless.

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Sziget Festival, Budapest

Summer and festivals somehow come together. This year we wanted to refresh some of the old memories and therefor went to Budapest. Sziget Festival on Island of Freedom, 9th and 10th of August. 2 Days of great music experience and more. With our friends Senko, Tomas & Julka and Wolfgang we enjoyed the performances of Lana Del Rey, Gorillaz, Parov Stelar, Bonobo and definitely also those others.

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Vacation in Paguera, Mallorca

And the long awaited days are finally here. From 31.7. to 7.8. we decided to go for a vacation on Mallorca. Of course, these days everyone goes there, why shouldn’t we? But that was certainly not the reason. On the other hand with so many tourists heading there, we paid special attention to pick up the right place. And we found it! Small town of Paguera without the rush of Palma suburbs, gave us all long restful days full of happiness and joy. In a combination with excellent services of the hotel Coronada, we couldn’t dream more!

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Kiss Wedding in Krasnany

The big day “D” for our friends Tomas and Lenka, that’s 23rd of June 2018. Wedding, by its nature is supposed to be a special event. When it takes place in a romantic castle of Krasnany, surrounded by a great garden and lasts for 2 days, then it definitely is a special one. Dear Kiss Family, thank you very much for the invitation, we enjoyed your celebration a lot!

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Laxenburg park

10th of June, another sunny day here in Vienna. Although the Brazilian national football team came to play a friendly with the “österreichische elf”, we decided to go outside the city. As close as 25 km lies a small town of Laxenburg with its beautiful park. The dominant in the park is a Franzensburg castle situated on an island in the middle of castle tajch. The best way, how to enjoy the view on castle (favourite summer residence of Habsburgs), is to rent a motor boat and explore the tajch.

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Ibiza, Ibiza

Once there was a Stag party. Some may remember well, others maybe less but it has been accomplished. Early in the morning on 19th of May a group of 8 (so called “Kiss Army”) successfully boarded on a plane heading to Ibiza. Exciting 4 days of adventure were fulfilled at lunch on 23rd of May back at the same Airport. Such a huge mass of energy, passed by so quickly. Luckily no one’s got injured, nothing was harmed. We all enjoyed it and survived.

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Sankt Gallen, Gesäuse

And the first post is here! Please enjoy. Longer Austrian weekend from 10th to 13th of May we spent in a small village of Sankt Gallen (Styria, not the one in Switzerland 8) which is a part of Gesäuse National Park. We have been hiking in the park and completed around 40 km, all mainly uphill. A beautiful piece of country!