mama, next chapter + swimming in the danube river, SK

i could visit my mother and my youngest brother's family in bratislava (SK) in september as the corona-measures were fine at that time ... the stupid masks were mandatory 'only' in shops and public transport  ... today (november), they have a mandatory corona tests in slovakia or you cannot leave your flat for few weeks except the nearest grocery store ... 

will they do the same procedure with the corona vaccination as well? who knows?

 

on caffeine , mother + me

even if i was there only for a weekend, we have spent a really nice time all together. the highlight for me was the visit in bratislava's waterworks areal (children playgrounds, museum, community gardening) at the danube river AND the swimming in one tributary stream of the danube river 😃.

 

enjoy few pictures:

 

all you need is love?  💓💓💓

 

waterworks areal (vodarenske muzeum)

 

 

 

water pumping technology in the museum's outdoor area

community gardening ...

 

 

waterworks museum

 

to be honest, i haven't seen any of these animals today

 

what about swimming in this tributary stream of the danube river?

 

even if the water was quite shallow, the stream was really strong.

you couldn't swim against the stream ... it is in real life difficult as well, isn't it?

 

good-bye 'blue' danube / donau / dunaj 💙

 

a short break on my way back home to munich at the lake neusiedler see ~ austria, AT

 

northern part of the lake neusiedler see

 

i would not recommend this lake for swimming, my dears. why not?

it is much, much, much too shallow. 

even 50m away from lakeside is it not deep enough ...

 

i have a father, too ... thanks goodness, he is still healthy enough 😉

 

more pictures here.

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south tyrol 2020, part I, italy (IT)

my wife taught a class of teachers for the 3rd time about intuition in neustift abbey close to brixen (bressanone) in südtirol (south tyrol) in italy this august and i could spend a beautiful week there 😄

my stops this time were:

• kloster neustift (novacella abbey ~ abbazia novacella)
• lake völser weiher
  
• säbener kloster (abbazia sabiona)
• schrambacher wasserfälle
• kassianspitze 2581m + lake kassiansee
  
• sachsenklemme
• lake puntleider see
• brixen (bressanone)
  

enjoy few pictures:

neustift abbey ~ kloster neustift ~ abbazia novacella

 

what a nice messages by the holy augustinus 1,000 years ago 😄

the neustift justitia, blind as always 😃

the eisack river

breakfast for 2 in the monastery's restaurant

hotel + camping site löwenhof, my wellness massage place in vahrn / varna ~ IT

this old library is one of very few parts of the monastery i haven't seen yet

lake völser weiher, behind the schlern massif

säbener kloster in klausen (abbazia sabiona di chiusa):

 

säben abbey ~ säbener kloster ~ abbazia sabiona

klausen (chiusa) in the eisack river valley

did you know that there are at least 15 cross road stops? i thought there are just 12

castel velturno ~ castle velthurns in feldthurns 😂

schrambach

schrambacher wasserfälle ~ schrambach waterfalls

 

my alpine tour to the kassianspitze 2581m + lake kassiansee:

latzfonser kreuz

lake kassiansee

kassianspitze 2581m 

 

western dolomites on the horizon ~ dolomiten ~ dolomiti

what a nice break at the latzfonser kreuz at the way back. cheers 🍺🍕😆

 

western dolomites ~ what a panorama 😇

1920 m, klausener hütte

 

kassianspitze, all in one

south tyrol ~ südtirol ~ alto adige

sachsenklemme ~ saxons' grave

my next tour took me to the lake puntleider see

puntleider alm

lake puntleider see

 

 

that hurts in bavaria ~ wheat beer should be completely different filled in😉

 

city of brixen (bressanone)

inneryard of the former town hall, brixen

arts in brixen

restaurant haller in the vineyards of brixen

what an interesting concept: only 3 main dishes, but all regional and really delicious. not cheap, of course, but nice and interesting

back in the neustift monastery

 

kloster neustift in the wineyards ~ neustift abbey ~ abbazia di novacella

the best of all seminars, seminar teachers and best of all wives anaway :-)

 

 

beautiful beer garden in the nearby hotel brückenwirt, neustift, IT

north tyrol somewhere between innsbruck and seefeld

a break for lunch in meilerhof, north tyrol, austria, AT

more pictures here.

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