Traveling: January 2023

Sunday, 22 January 2023

Katschberg 2023 - Part 1

Katschberg

Thursday - January 19th 2023

Last year Claudia and I spent a couple of days skiing in Katschberg and we liked the ski area a lot and so we decided to go there aigain. This year we stayed the the Boutique Aparthotel Herbert, where we had our own little apartment. Early morning we drove to Katschberg and about two hours later we arrived at our hotel. Check in was quick and we also got to purchase our ski tickets at the reception. First we checked out the apartment, which was really beautiful and spacious. Once we had all of our luggage brought up to the apartment, we headed to the slopes.

Aparthotel Herbert

Our Apartment

Luckily it snowed the last couple days and so it was Winter Wonderland on the mountain. The slopes were in a perfect condition and although the weather wasn't the best, we had a lot fun. It was our first time skiing this year, but we enjoyed it so much. Around noon we had lunch at the Brantweineralm Ski Lodge and we both got the vegan potatoe leak soup, which was delicious. Later in the afternoon we stopped for drinks at another more modern ski lodge. There they also had alpacas and of course we had to see them too. A couple of rides later we called it a day and headed back to our apartment. There we had a glass of champagne, relaxed a bit and got ready for dinner. For the evening we had a reservation at restaurant Stamperl, where Claudia and I ordered a pizza and for dessert we got ice cream. Back at the apartment we had another glass of champagne and enjoyed a relaxed evening.

Skiing

Brantweineralm Ski Lodge

Lunch

Skiing

Another Break

Christmas is still Around

Alpacas

Skiing

Champagne

Dinner

Dessert

Saturday, 21 January 2023

Katschberg 2023 - Part 2

Katschberg

Friday - January 20th 2023

Aparthotel Herbert is offering a bread service, which meant we could order our rolls the evening before in the next morning we could pick it up at Cafe Herbert, located on the ground floor. After we got up, I headed down and picked up our order, while Claudia prepared our breakfast. Once we cleaned up, we got ready for anothe skiday. The weather was slightly better than yesterday, but still windy and cold. For lunch we stopped at Gamskogel Ski Lodge, where we ordered fries and applestrudel. In the afternoon the crowds got smaller and so we enjoyed the empty slopes. Later in the afternoon the weather got worse and so we also headed back to the apartment. Back at the apartment we had a glass of beer and got ready for the evening. For dinner we went to Restaurant Lärchenstadl. Claudia got a Carinthian speciality called Kasnudln, a sort of dumpling, and I had a baked potatoe with veggies. Back at the apartment we had another beer and watched TV.

Breakfast

Mr. Katschi

Skiing

Lunch

Skiing

Dinner

Dessert

Friday, 20 January 2023

Katschberg 2023 - Part 3

Katschberg

Saturday - January 21st 2023

Our last day started like yesterday. After we got up, I went down to Cafe Herbert to get our rolls and then we had breakfast. Before we hit the slopes again, we had to check out and put all our luggage into the car. Today the sun came out a little bit, but the wind was really strong and so some ropeways were closed. That meant skiing was only possible on the Katschberg side of the mountain. Due to the wind it was very cold, but we made the best out of it. At one point it got so cold, we decided to stop by at the Gamskogel Ski Lodge to get hot tea and a glass of beer. After we warmed up again, we hit the slopes again and around noon we had lunch at the same restaurant where we had dinner yesterday. Since we were really cold, we cut the day short and drove back to Salzburg.

Skiing

Pizzas for Lunch

Sunday, 15 January 2023

London 2022/23 - Part 1

London

Wednesday - December 28th 2022

It became our tradition to travel to London over New Year's Eve, thanks to Covid-19 our London trips in 2020 and 2021 got cancelled. Luckily this year we finally could return to the UK. Since our flight to London departed early morning the next day, we decided to spend the night before at Novotel Munich Airport. After we arrived and checked in at the hotel, we took the metro to the airport and had dinner at McDonalds. Then we checked out the stores before returning to the hotel, where we spent the rest of the evening enjoying a couple of drinks at the hotel bar.

Dinner at McDonalds

Drinks at the Hotel Bar

Thursday - December 29th 2022

Unfortunately we had to get up pretty early, but once we were through security at the airport, we finally could sit down and enjoy our coffee. Soon we departed on our British airways flight to London, where we arrived about two hours later. From Heathrow Airport we took the Heathrow Express to Paddington Station and from there the metro to Waterloo Station. At MS Food we got two sandwiches and then we had to take another train to Wandsworth Town. Like during our last trips we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Wandworth. The hotel is nothing special, but we really like it there. Our room was already available and after we dropped off our luggage, we headed straight to our favourite pub The Alma to get a welcome beer. After our welcome drink we took a long walk along the River Thames to Battersea Power Station.

Breakfast

Paddington Station

Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth

The Alma

Walk along the Thames

Walk Along the Thames

Battersea Power Station

Bettersea Power Station underwent a major restoration over the past couple of years when it got transformed into that amazing shopping centre with lots of bars and restaurants. Our first stop was Clean Kitchen, a vegan burger restaurant, and lthough we had to wait nearly an hour to get our food, it was worth the visit, because the food was really good. Afterwards we checked out that stunning building with all its stores as well as the surrounding area. Later we took the metro to Waterloo and the train back to Wandsworth Town where we spent the evening at The Alma.