Many thanks to Achim and Monika Meurer for taking these photos – see their great website (just won an award for being the 3rd best website in Carinthia!) for more goodies like this! http://www.soisses.at/. Not for the faint hearted is ice climbing! Especially after nearly drinking us out of Guinness and Kilkenny! Share/weitersagen:

What do you do when the plumbing is old and leaking? You dig a little hole! Thankfully no guests here at the moment, so the local plumber (affectionately known by all as ‘Charlie Wasser’!) has used the opportunity to investigate a long standing problem with a partially blocked waste pipe. Results to date – one [...]

Malta is filled with them – mostly (but not all) young, all enthusiastic, all enjoying the good ice climbing conditions! Also many of them enjoying the Guinness and Kilkenny too! Hopefully some photos of the action soon – but meanwhile a glimpse of the relaxation element! Share/weitersagen:

The New Year guests are starting to leave – the last stragglers,though, still here until Tuesday morning, which is a Bank Holiday here in Austria. Then its on to the next big thing – the ice climbing festival! This is an event for which the Malta Valley is becoming renowned. Organised by our hopefully-soon-to-be-mayor colleague [...]

Happy New Year to all our readers!! Just a quick post with some of the photos from last night’s international festivities – highlight of the night?? Maybe the rendition of Waltzing Mathilda – never before heard in Malta and certainly not sung by a genuine Aussie! Maybe Wolfgang showing up all dressed to kill? Maybe [...]