Almenland, Styria, Austria When I signed up for this travel lark, I didn’t know I’d also signed up for time travel! There I was, enjoying spring in Portugal just a few days ago… … and now I’m back in the depths of winter again. Shiver me timbers! Literally. Wouldn’t you know it? The Oldies have returned to Austria just when there’s a big freeze on. And, as if we haven’t enough snow here in town, they’ve decided to go on…
Almenland Teichalm Sommeralm So here we are, back in Styria again. The Oldies realise now that I’m not prepared to just sit around on my window sill anymore, so I was brought along on an outing to the Sommeralm/Teichalm area, just 30km north of Graz. This is one of the largest continuous alpine pasture areas in Europe, very popular with hill walkers, climbers, paragliders, and of course, alpine and cross-country skiers. The Oldies are very lucky to have all this on…