bergtierpark blindham, BY

the bergtierpark blindham (BY, bavaria aka bayern, close to aying, which is maybe 35-40 minutes southeast of munich by car) is a childrens' play park and ZOO in the mountains ... nice for children to play, huge and free parking slots at the entry, you can spend all day here ... we have been enjoyed it  already twice with our 3,5 years old grandson 💖

advice #1: they have just an EXTREMELY BAD food and drinks corner => thus bring your own catering as there are plenty of places with tables inside the park where you can eat and drink your stuff ... just imagine, we are in bavaria and they even do not have a single wheat beer there => are they crazy? well, do not buy more than an ice cream there ...

advice #2: take the chariot at the entry (for currently 5 EUR per day), you can put all your backpacks, clothes, food + drinks and at the end also your child inside if it has no power to continue to the exit on its own legs, my dear parents + grandparents 😂 

more coming soon (in the rainy autumn weeks at the end of the year 2026?) or never ...

gmünd in kärnten (austria, AT)

what a nice stop-over for lunch on our way back from croatia + italy in gmünd in kärnten (carinthia) österreich (austria, AT). is is a BEAUTIFUL small medieval city close to the highway with an castle ruin + nice town square surrounded by both, (remainings of) city walls and the alp mountains ... soooo nice! and the food in austria is generally better taste and higher quality compared to germany's standards due to the overwhelming cheap-cheap-cheap attitude, you know?

on the way to istria / croatia we have slept in our favorite sauna & wellness establishment in a quite rundown hotel directly at the lake st. leonhard see in the city of villach / kärnten / AT. the restaurant + sauna + the nude bathing in the lake + the views at the surrounding snowy mountains are so great, that the quite old hotel rooms and the sooo ugly entry to the sauna through storerooms + bicycles + beer crates + other stuff do not matter much 😄

more coming soon (in the rainy autumn weeks at the end of the year 2026?) or never ...