Weiz, Austria That trip to Portugal wasn’t near long enough! I tried to hide from Her Ladyship in this cactus plant, but in spite of the spikes, she dug me out of it and dragged me back to Austria. Foiled again! I will never admit it to Herself of course, but even though it breaks my heart every time I have to leave the seaside, it is always a pleasure to come home to beautiful Stryia and our hometown of…
Almenland Teichalm Sommeralm So here we are, back in Styria again. The Oldies realise now that I’m not prepared to just sit around on my window sill anymore, so I was brought along on an outing to the Sommeralm/Teichalm area, just 30km north of Graz. This is one of the largest continuous alpine pasture areas in Europe, very popular with hill walkers, climbers, paragliders, and of course, alpine and cross-country skiers. The Oldies are very lucky to have all this on…