Sunday, February 1, 2026

harikiri skiing, zillertal, AT

what a wonderful skiing in the zillertal valley in tirol, austria, AT. 🏂🌋🌞 

well, i was alone, so i could wonderfully concentrate on my feelings + thoughts, especially abt my investment strategy for the next few weeks / months due to the soaring gold + silver + copper + miningstocks prices and the unbelievable volatility which most likely could mark some major market peak, cant it?

the most famous ski run in this mountopolis area is the steepest track in austria, harakiri with a 78% declension. i've tried twice, but the icy artificial snow piste vs. my 10 years old unserviced skis with completely blunt edges (stumpfe kanten) was not any nice experience. later they've even closed the harakiri run completely due to few injuries out there ... any lessons learned? i've brought my skis to a service the very next day 😀⛄🍀

indeed, there was not enough snow in this mountopolis ski area, which is 1,600-2,400m high, so we've had just the artificial icy snow all over the place ...

if mountopolis, then start your tour at the horchbergbahn cable car from stockach/schwendau. why? you dont need to stray all over mayrhofen looking for a parking place and on top is the parking at the horchbergbahn base station for free. will you remenber that advice? promised?

mayrhofen. do not tap into the city center for skiing 
horchbergbahn cable car, base station
mountopolis ski area
harakiri ski slope. 78%
lunch at the lärchwaldhütte at 1.999m in the penken area


.... MORE COMING SOON ...


more pictures soon here.

wanna look at my last years ski visit to zillertal zell am ziller / zillertalarena?

Saturday, January 31, 2026

lake feldmochinger see. bavaria. BY

3 weeks ako we've walked around the lake karlsfelder see, this time around the also nearby and similar big lake feldmochinger see in abt an hour. well, first we've had a tasty dinner in the greek tavern close to the lake. we've decided to come more often here 🌞🍴🍀

keith haring in the greek tavern seehausgarten
 @ lake feldmochinger see. bavaria. BY
lake feldmochinger see. bavaria. BY 🐟
greek tavern seehausgarten @ lake feldmochinger see
we havent seen any beaver, but their imprint was all over the place
a still frozen part of the lake
there is completely black earth west of munich

very few more todays pictures here ... and many more bavarian lakes here.

Sunday, January 11, 2026

lake karlsfelder see. bavaria. BY

 what a nice winter day at lake karlsfelder see ⛄🐋🐦🌞 

few pictures made by my wife ... the very first bird above as well, of course 😇
the weather changed a little bit. the sun went away. or was it still there behind clouds ⛅? who knows for sure? 
two of us 💕

well, karlsfeld is somehow special for me:

  • it is really close to our home
  • we have been many, many, many times here as friends of ours used to live there
  • we never go swim there (have been just once or twice with our friends 20+ years ago)
  • i've lost a friend & colleauge here due to motorbike accident🚑. heaven & hell, it was already 14 years ago ...
  • we have visited the MAN trucks & busses factory at very special employees & friends celebration due to company's 250th birthday
btw, we know that girl. she's a friend of ours 😂
  • i was a shareholder of MAN till it was taken over by volkswagen VW. enjoy a blog abt MAN's AGM many years ago
  • there is a second lake out there in karlsfeld, the lake waldschwaigsee

few more pictures are here. you know what? i've have many more bavarian lakes for ya here 😇

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