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Sachertorte from Austria Here I say "typically Austrian". There is the Hotel Sacher both in Vienna and in Salzburg in the Salzburger Land. The Sachertorte is served in both. To complicate things, the Sachertorte is also available in the Imperial and Royal Court Confectionery Demel. An intriguing story of how it came about. The Sachertorte is[…]
The Großglockner High Alpine Road is a 48 kilometer long panoramic road through the Hohe Tauern. This panoramic road leads on 37 hairpin bends through the mountains of the Fuscher and Möll valley from the Salzburger Land to Carinthia. It takes time to experience the Hohe Tauern National Park by car.
Did you know that a Smaland-style cheesecake takes seven hours to finish? No? We were surprised too. We were invited to Stella Nilsson's farm near Braas in Smaland.
As we have already learned on our previous visits to Salzburg, you can eat superbly in the Mozart city in Austria, be it in traditional restaurants or in inns where the extraordinary is on the table, such as the Salzburg specialties in the Weiserhof 200 year old recipes can be cooked. This time awaited us and [...]
The Wunsum lavender factory is located on the Sausal Wine Route on a mountain ridge just outside of Kitzeck. We visited them on our pleasure trip along the Sausal Wine Route. On site we find a little paradise full of scents, tastes and wonderful views.
At the eat and meet festival, restaurants, cafes and shops present their specialties - a real festival for connoisseurs in Austria. We also visited the 220 Grad Rösthaus and Cafe and the Salzburg coffee roastery.
What does it take for a trip to be a pleasure? A survey among our readers came up with suggestions that we will be happy to discuss in our travels. Here are their enjoyment travel tips and what goes with them.
Discover Baden near Vienna in Lower Austria in summer, which events are worthwhile and which Hotel Baden near Vienna in the Vienna Woods offers you. Empress Sisi has already met here. Beethoven and Mozart felt at home. A summer in Baden near Vienna is something for connoisseurs.
“Be sure to try the hot chocolate at Burg Bad Belzig in Eisenhardt Castle!” I didn't have to say that twice after our hike in the Hoher Fläming Nature Park. Hot chocolate always sounds good, especially if it is made from real chocolate.
This St Lawrence bakery is well worth a stop. Nobody in Kamouraska St Lawrence Quebec can only be described as romantic. The customer enters an overgrown garden through an archway entwined with climbing plants. It owes its charm to this wildness. The bakery is a bit difficult to find, however. Because the plants cover [...]
