First of all we would like to wish you a Very Happy New Year! Hopefully, despite the doom and gloom in the media, the Mayan predictions of impending disaster and the increasingily strange global weather patterns, we will look back on 2012 as another great year for biking, hiking and generally enjoying the Carinthian hospitality! [...]

TONIGHT on our car park! Malta’s very own town band plays for guests, friends and visitors alike! Entry free. Food and drink available. All welcome! Share/weitersagen:

As our latest bikers wave a fond farewell, promising to be back again soon, we are starting to wind up towards the biggest weekend of the year so far – our first international biker meet here in Malta, & with guests from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Holland, New Zealand and of course Austria, expected, it [...]

Even in paradise it seems ‘the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley’ (Robert Burns). Not so long ago it seemed like we had our staffing situation all under control and looking good. Sadly chickens were being counted well before their time! Our first much anticipated cook turned out to be great [...]

Now that we have help in the kitchen (and Jane arriving tomorrow to improve things even further!) John is ready to start offering his guided tours for anyone who is interested in such things. He had a bit of a ‘practice’ session on Saturday with our German guests and was pleased with how things went [...]

Carinthian Nudels are the local delicacy. Imagine a giant ravioli stuffed with cottage cheese and herbs and you won’t be far out! Locally it was how women were judged ‘marriageable’ – they had to be able to make an acceptable Nudel! Nowadays there are a far greater range of fillings available, everything from meat, fish [...]

Yesterday (May 15th) we held our ‘Meet the New Chef’ event here at the Hochalmspitze. It had been a lot of hard work to get prepared (mostly done by Andy and Elfriede we have to say, but we helped out too and Earl was a great barman on the day!) The weather was somewhat disappointing [...]

Spring seems determined to come early this year – buds are already appearing on the trees and the snowline has retreated up the mountainside, leaving only the ski resorts with a covering of white. Of course, there is still time for a change in the weather, but daytime temperatures of 15 degrees have the effect [...]

A brief, but heartfelt, new year’s greeting to all our readers as we recover from the excitement of New Year’s Eve and our re-make of ‘Dinner for One‘. Thanks again to all our participants (Tom & Doris, Christian & Sandy, and especially Mo & Achim (Miss Sophie & James)) – we are sure Hollywood will [...]

Today we drove over to the HQ of the National Park to collect a few last minute brochures and stuff for the Bike Show. The NP administration is based in Großkirchheim, an hour’s journey from here and almost to the Großglockner. The route through the lovely Möll River Valley is wonderful at the best of [...]