Sommer holidays in the Alps

Mountains, mountains, mountains

Three weeks sommer holidays in the alps at three different places for hiiking, paragliding (not me!) and sketching. For someone who lives in Hamburg, where the highest hill has 90 meters, the world of mountains is exiting. I have to get used to the hights above me or the depth beyond me. This big nature is very impressive. 

In the first week we stayed in a simple little wooden house 

with a small garden, 

and a typical living room.

I love hiking in the mountains. I love the green smooth alms, the lakes, the silence and the fresh air. But the real highlights are the mountain-huts, where you get the best Kaiserschmarrn or Apfelstrudel.

One week of the three we spent in Feltre, Italy. While Gu was driving up with his paragliding group to the top, taking off and flying above this beautiful erea, 

I drove down to explore with my sketchbook the town Feltre,

and its surrounding. 

Life there was still under the shadow of Corona. Some bars and shops where
closed and everybody was going around with a mask…

 

My highest sketching point at 2443 m 

My hero :)

Hiking and biking in Austria

As every year in the last few years, we spend our summer holiday somewhere in the mountains. This year we spend two weeks in Austria. The first week we stayed in Ramsau am Dachstein for paragliding (not me!) and hiking. 

Here are some impressions from the "Sounds of Music" or "Heidi" landscape: 

It was quite cold and we had some rainy days. The Heimatstüberl was a good shelter.

In the second week we drove to Sankt Michael im Lungau, from where we started our 7 days bike tour along the River Mur.

We went on the bike in average 50 km per day. We stayed every day in a different beautiful little town, where we arrived quite early in the afternoon. We had plenty of time for relaxing and sketching. It was brilliant!

Here we had a good rain break

Murau

Judenburg

Leoben

 

Frohnleiten

Bad Radkersburg

Some of my working places :)