Sunday, April 10, 2011

A weekend with the Stadler Family

A sunny Saturday at the "Ranch"

Everyone is relaxing after a big barbecue.




A nice Sunday-hike around the Fernstein-lakes near the Fernpass.

"Daphne", in German it's called "Seidelbast"







"Zugspitze"
(2962 metres above sea level, the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany); The lake is called "Weissensee".







Almost like Alaska ;-)


Healthy Snack with apples ;-) 



Almost back to the start - after a 4 hour hike around the lakes we were all tired and HUNGRY!!

Friday, April 08, 2011

5th Wedding Anniversary

Since Nate was gone a lot lately, we decided to take it easy and celebrate our 5th Wedding Anniversary without stress. After work (it was a Friday), we met for lunch, took the train back home and rode our bikes to the Inn-River nearby. We found a really nice, little beach where we were the only ones, put our blanket down and enjoyed the warm (hot) sun. We acually both fell asleep ;-)

Then, we discussed dinner ideas and decided to get some Italian Antipasti and have a little picnic somewhere. So, we rode home, got in the car and got some REALLY NICE dishes for our "camping dinner". We were really excited to try all those specialities!
We drove up to a place above Innsbruck, called Gramartboden, and had our wonderful dinner there. Unfortunately it got pretty windy and we couldn't stay too long, but that was ok. 
We had anyways more plans...

The next stop was in a Cuban Bar in Innsbruck. We got to know this place just a few weeks ago and remembered how delicious the "Mojito" tasted! Hmm, we HAD to try another one!
After this big dinner and the Mojito, we were both pretty full and tired. 

We had a really nice day and enjoyed spending time together!

Our "Antipasti-Dinner" - yummmmy!

Really good red wine and grape juice. 



Cuban Bar: "Rincon de Gina"
www.rincon-de-gina.net

Sunday, April 03, 2011

Skitour up to the Zischgeles

On a wonderful, warm Sunday in early April (the same weekend like 5 years ago, when Nate broke his leg), we decided to go on another/maybe last Skitour for this season. We went up to the Zischgeles. 
The peak is 3004 m above sea level, but we "just" walked up to the ski depot, which also took us about 3 hours!
Another peak nearby.




Lini



Saturday, February 19, 2011

Our indoor greenhouse


 Nate planted tomatoes and peppers...

...and was REALLY proud!

More pics to come when we get some green leaves!
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And here they are! - our first plants!!!!

Replanting the arugula.

Arugula and corn salad.

Tomatoes and peppers.

WOW! Our first arugula!!! Yipee!!!
Can't wait to eat you!


Weeks later... replanting.


 We got some old horse manure and mixed it with some organic soil. We left some hay on those beds what we didn't use yet, so that it wouldn't dry out too much. 

 Tomatoes

 Arugula and Corn Salad


A few days later:
 Tomatoes
 Peppers

Zucchini and Cucumbers

 Arugula (It tastes yummy!)

 Cress

Tomatoes growing slowly...
The sleeping dwarf is watching over them.