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Kasnockn 2008-03-03 03:09:23 Hüttenzauber, the magic in a mountain hut in the Alps
Winter time means skiing, glistening snow and bright sunshine on the best slopes of winter sports. But what would be winter holidays without the so called "Einkehren", the visit of one of the numerous lodges? Whether mulled wine, the fresh draught beer, soem Schnaps, or one of the many traditional cottage dishes - skiing holidays has for all the fans something unique to offer.
To have some of the delights at home as well, you don't have to wrap them up.
Hüttenzauber 1: Kasnocken
- spaetzle with melted cheese
Classically served in a pan, this form of serving invites it to be a shared around the table with a fork for each to fetch the flair of the ski hut in the apartment.
Although the typical Kasn
Zauberberg 2008-02-28 10:03:32 The Magic Mountain (Zauberberg) is probably one of the most famous novels and most important works of the great German writer Thomas Mann. The novel was first published 1924, and is regarded today as a must-read of German literature. The work on this novel lasted seven years - as long as the duration of the storyline. The Magic Mountain is the story of Hans Castorp, a young naval engineer, who vists his cousin Joachim Ziemßen in a Swiss mountain sanatorium for lung diseases. The planned three-week stay is prolonged to a visit of seven years.
During his stay Castorp gets to know different types of persons, who confront him with the great themes of life - love, politics, philosophy, music, but also illness and death. Besides Castorp the main are: writer and philosopher Settembrini,
Fasching 2008-02-11 11:15:00 "Fasching" - The Carnival in the German-speaking Alpine region is mostly "Fasching", "Fastnacht", or "Fasnacht". In previous times there were as well carnivalesque times when the normal power structures were lifted. Today's carnival tradition rather derives from Catholic traditions, as the short abundance of food and beverage before Lent starts.
The carnival of costumes, parties, Faschings procession, Gschnas, balls and Guggamusik. The manifestations are very different in the various regions, beside partying communities can be equally true carnial grouches.
We have gathered a few interesting Carnival traditions from the Alps. If you have a good tip for interesting events and Carnival celebrations - use the comment feature at the bottom of the page.
Villach, Carinthia, Austria
Dancing The Night Away 2008-02-04 10:36:00 In the alpine region people don't miss out on dance events during carnival. In some places the "danving season" starts in November, but usually right after Christmas, with the starting january the dancing fever is dawning. Be it "Ball" (a usually traditional, nobel dance) or a "Gschnas" (party-event for dancing and drinking usually incostume) - with fine dresses, Dirndl, Lederhosen, more modern or in carnival costumes. There are uncountable occasions for balls - in some schools traditionally the graduation class (Maturaklasse) organizes a ball, there are balls from traditional professions like butcher balls, policemen balls or the so called "Zuckerbäckerball" (sugar baker ball, where sugar baker refers to confectioners).
The carnival season is usually full of opportunity to dance and ru Read more:Dancing
, Night
Faschingskrapfen 2008-02-01 04:28:00 Krapfen were already in the Middle Ages a common dish during the carnival time (Fasching in Austria and South-Germany). The rich, fatty foods, should prepare people for the 40 days of Lent. Instead of eating bread people ate doughnuts in the carnival time. Even today for many Faschingskrapfen are a fine meal to the strenuous carnival time, the celebrations and all the dancing. The dough is, in fact, easy to prepare, as it is a yeast dough, it needs rest and time to go. The so-called Berliner is a doughnut similar to Faschingskrapfen.
Yummy Faschingskrapfen
Ingredients for 20 Faschingskrapfen / doughnuts:
500 grams flour
1 cube of yeast or 2 packs of dried yeast
250 ml of milk
50 grams sugar
60 grams butter, warmed
4 egg yolks and 2 yolks
1 pinch salt
Goldgasse, Number 12 2008-01-04 04:04:00 Goldgasse, gold alley, is situated at the heart of Salzburg's historic city center. The small shopping alley begins at the square Alter Markt and leads to the square Residenzplatz. Another connection to Goldgasse is from Judengasse or Brodgasse. The name probably derives from the Middle Ages based goldsmiths and tin moulders. Goldgasse is a typical medieval street, which narrows and widenes, flanked by five to six storey houses, tortuous and twined. You will be searching in vain for right angles as well as major business areas. Many small, traditional family business are in this alley: antiques, arts and crafts.
Since the end of November 2007 a new business idea is located in this wonderful alley: the Alpine LIVE-Store MiaDeRoca .
The Goldgasse 12 is known as Glockengießerhaus Read more:Number
Käsefondue 2008-01-01 02:37:00 Melted cheese in a pot where you dip some white bread in it. A wonderful warming and rich meal for the cold days. It is perfect for a group of friends, to eat, chatter and have fun. As this is a French Swiss dish we recommend you try your best and go for real Swiss cheese as mentioned in the ingredients. If you don't find the mentioned cheeses try to find hard cheese with flavour and savour (not too old and not to young, as the tricky part of this dish is that all the ingredients stick in a nice sauce together).
Recipe for 6-8 persons
Ingredients:
400 g Vacherin, Emmentaler or Appenzeller
400 g Greyerzer or Gruyère
2 tablespoon "Kirschwasser" / kirsch
1 clove of garlic
nutmeg
pepper
2 tablespoon starch flour
0.4 l white wine (dry)
some lemon juice
salt
Stesnitev 2008-01-01 00:25:00 Lipuš, Florjan: Verdächtiger Umgang mit dem Chaos . german translation by Johann Strutz. Wieser. 1997
Lipuš, Florjan: Stesnitev. Wieser. 1995
Eisenkappel or Bad Eisenkappel, Železna Kapla, in the year 1670 forms the setting for the novel of Lipuš. Motivation to the novel war a chronicle of this village, in the story we learn from the seesaw of live, the narrowing and hardship of soul, heart and body. The book was written in Slovenian and translated by Johann Strutz. The original title "Stesnitev" means: Narrowings, Restrictions.
The "dark" Middle Ages have passed, but Kappel is forced by the church and market leadership, and by the visit of Visitator Adam Glabotschnig reinforced. But besides church, there is also faith and the belief in witches, devils and othe
mano design - fine porcelain 2007-12-15 05:40:00 mano design
is the label of porcelain manufacturer Hedwig Rotter. In the 16th district of Vienna (Austria), in Ottakring, she produces accessories for home and fashion mainly with procelain but as well with other material to combine them to interesting new to well known objects.
Faries and magic creatures on procelain by mano design, Vienna Hedwig Rotter, born in carinthia, in the south of austria, studied at the university of applied arts in Vienna and at escola de disseny elisava Barcelona product design concentrating on ceramics. For over 10 years she has been working in the art and design area, 2001 she founded nono pd – no.nonsense, in july 2007 she established the label mano design.
Her products are as well functional as creative with a humorous angel. Each piece is ind
Glühwein 2007-12-03 05:48:00 For the grown-ups to warm your cold fingers with a cup of Glühwein is part of the christmas mood, be it on a christmas market or a get-togehter with friends and family for example for Nikolaus' Day on December 6th. Before you freeze to ice, better warm yourself from the inside with alpine spiced hot wine: Glühwein While spaniards think it is a form of hot Sangria, Anglo-Saxons refer to it as mulled wine or claret, yet it is Glühwein! The word decends from "glühen" what means to glow, to smoulder and "wein" what means wine.
Ingredients: (serves 4)
500ml red wine
60g/2oz sugar
1 cinnamon stick
4 cloves
Preparation:
1. Put the wine in a saucepan with the sugar and the spices.
2. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Leave a few minutes warming
Christmas Markets, Salzburg 2007-12-02 03:35:00 Christmas market, Christkindlmarkt or Christkindlesmarkt, "Adventmarkt": at the end of November, at the latest on the first Advent (4 Sundays before Christmas) markets open in many cities and villages in Central Europe. Stands of timber with arts and handcrafts, crafts, Christmas decorations, toys, Glühwein (mulled wine), tea and snacks. For many a visit to the Christmas market is the best thing to turn on the Christmas mood.
In this article we introduce to you a couple of markets in the city of Salzburg, Austria, and around Salzburg. But caution to everyone who is frightened easily:until December 6th next to the Sankt Nikolaus (Santa Claus) one or the other Krampus or Percht can be viewed at the Christmas market.
- Domplatz (cathedral's square)
The traditional Christmas mark Read more:Christmas
, Markets
Der Himmel über Meran 2007-12-01 04:19:00 Zoderer, Joseph: Der Himmel über Meran. 2005.
The book "Der Himmel über Meran", what means translated "The sky over Merano", consists of six stories. Merano is the second largest city of South Tyrol, Italy. While the stories are all circling about the life and history of a man, number five "Die Nähe ihrer Füße" (in english: "The proximity of their feet") is an exception. This story shows the end of a relationship and the place is an anonymous spanish coastal. In the other stories the subject of South Tyrol, being South Tyrolian, Nationalsocialism, being "at home" and growing up are prevalent. The stories roll on against the background of political events. In the first story an adult men is asking his brother why the parents went from Merano to Graz, what it means to live in Merano
Goettgen Goldsmith 2007-11-01 10:21:00 MiaDeRoca sells antique jewellery replica and garnet jewellery directly from the fascinating producer Goettgen. Goettgen manufactures jewellery using the classical goldsmith craftmanship. Experience the fascinating wearing of a piece of unique jewellery.
In the year 1902 the company founder William Goettgen, one of five diamond grinders of the family from Idar-Oberstein, moved to the Bavarian Alps - thitherto not loaded with history - to Berchtesgaden, Germany. Goldsmith
ery Craftsmanship: Soldering your piece of jewellery
Here he began to trade in jewellery and lay the foundations for today's Goettgen success story, which last to the present. In the year 1968 the production of Goettgen's own assortment started. From 1970 a selection of antique jewellery established suc
Les Rivières pourpres 2007-11-01 04:45:00 November - these are they days were sunlight is rare, darkness and coldness cover the land. Though festivities around the death, twilight zones are not common in alpine regions and rather cultural imports from USA or Mexico. But the cold and dark december, starting with All Saints and all All Souls' Day, candles and lanterns have a flair of morbidity and it might be the month of crime, thriller, mystery and horror stories.
I have to admit that fear is not something I strive for. This month I want to introduce a french movie, taking mainly place in a prestigious university. We are taken close to a world of a secret society, intelligentsia, money and of course conspiracy. The french titel can be translated to "the crimson rivers". Title of the first englisch translated book differed, but nam
Martinigansl, Goose 2007-11-01 04:00:00 Martin's Goose, feast of St. Martin of Tours.
Due to Byzantine influence in Christianity, the holiday of the saint Martin was at the start of the Lenten season on November 11th. Before Lenten people wanted to feast properly. From the year 354 AD onward, a 40 day fast started, which stopped rigth before the birthday celebration of Christ.
Martin's day is celebrated in the Alps with many traditions, including a classically prepared Martin's goose. Allegedly this feast comes from an experience from Martin's life: When he was appointed bishop, he hid in a goose stall, because he was frightened of the high responsibility. The geese cackle was so loud so that Martin has been found. At his memorial day, alls geese are eaten – waht a punishment, for a little noise.
Beside the traditi
Hollywood im Winter 2008-03-09 13:30:48 Mischkulnig, Lydia: Hollywood
im Winter. Hamyon. 1996
With this novel Mischkulnig delivers a satirical -ironic insight into culture, art, philanthropy, culture sponsorship and everyday drama in family life.
Pivotal point in the story is the family Tauschitz. The father industrialist, but also designer, collector and maker of work and life. The mother donates art prices and helps in the coordination and staging of domestic bourgeoisie. The daughter is press officer of the Festivals, the son playwright and in the novel first time actor. And along and overal unfoldd Sophocles' Oedipus.
Some wordings and phrases cause a sensation similar to the one when "the Salzburguese soul," some "friend" or "representative" of the Festivals get het up about something. Whether it is a pavilion
Egg Cups 2008-03-21 12:47:00 There are loads of eggs during easter - freshly cooked or coloured, chocolate eggs and other sweet delicacies in egg shape. In order that the dainty eggs have an adequate place, you need a suitable eggcup. For those who like to do things with their own hands and be creative we have a very simple instructions for selfmade egg cups, that fit well on the Easter table fit, but also for other spring occasions.
Open the pdf ord download it and printit. Cut the egg cups with floral motif on the dotted lines and fold together. Thus they are more durable, they can be with clear paint (caution with ink-jet printing, the colours can dissolve) or cover with transparent adhesive film.
The other two motifs with eggs and bunny can be cut out and painted or painted first, and then cut. And there
Cress Eggs 2008-03-16 17:10:00 Cress is a wonderful spring messenger - promises us green, fresh vitamins, bioflavonoids and freshly harvested it has a wonderful taste. Garden cress is perfect for us during the dark winter to give us a sign of our own herb garden. The cress can be easily bred and within a few days harvested. Preapring Your Easter Decoration
And since cress is delicious, wonderfully easy to plant and a truly fun and funky herb, it is equally suitable for the palate as well as for the eye on the Easter table.
For the cress to be ready for the Easter table, it is reasonalbe to start with the preparations 3-7 days in advance. The cress-eggs are ideal to make also for younger children, but as well for the whole family – for everyone to have an own little herb-plant.
Painting the
Deer Egg Cozy 2008-03-22 09:25:26 This deer egg cozy is of course also a "dear egg cozy". It is cuddly, nice and warm, likes to keep eggs warm and decorate your table and add some Alpine style to your home. Deer Egg Cozy
To do this egg cozy use the template provided by lovely Cherry from Tales from Pixiewood and dearest Yvonne from Yvestown (see Easter Bunny Cozy Project ). The Alpine Egg Cozy version – uses the ears to form two legs. As deer antler you might use some felt or, as we did it some copper wire. We used cross stitches to form the mouth and some mother-of-pearl buttons for the eyes.
Have fun making your own stag to warm your morning egg.
Easter Decoration, fun to make and to look at
If you like the surroundings of our deer egg cozy have a look at the tutorial
Egg Cups 2008-03-21 12:47:00 There are loads of eggs during easter - freshly cooked or coloured, chocolate eggs and other sweet delicacies in egg shape. In order that the dainty eggs have an adequate place, you need a suitable eggcup. For those who like to do things with their own hands and be creative we have a very simple instructions for selfmade egg cups, that fit well on the Easter table fit, but also for other spring occasions. Selfmade eggcups for your Easter breakfast
Open the pdf or download it and print it. Cut the egg cups with floral motif on the dotted lines and fold together. Thus they are more durable, they can be with clear paint (caution with ink-jet printing, the colours can dissolve) or cover with transparent adhesive film.
The other two motifs with eggs and bunny can be cut out an
Wolfschwang: Deer Feeding, Salzburg 2008-03-27 18:00:23 In the mood for a walk with the whole family? At the foot of Untersberg, Salzburg? There, where stags and roes kiss themselves good night and where there is no mobile phone reception, and not only electric smog, but noise is missing as well. Winter Wonderland in Großgmain, Untersberg close to Salzburg
Then, we would highly recommend a walk to Wolfschwang.
You either start by car: drive from Salzburg to direction Großgmain and after the open-air museum Großgmain take the next bend to the left to Grödig, up the hill and then right to the parking at Latschenwirt: 47 ° 44'9 .52 "N, 12 ° 56'53 .85 "O
Who does not want to take the car and is very athletic, can take the bike to Latschenwirt, a mountain bike at best.
Those using public transport can use a longer Read more:Feeding
Edelweiss 2008-04-01 17:04:34 Some that read the name of this flower, hear as first association a little slow melody: "Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me,
Small and white,
Clean and bright,
You look happy to meet me."
This song got popular through the musical "The Sound of Music", which tells the story of the Trapp family and is taking place in the city of Salzburg. This song is not the Austrian national anthem and not even an Austrian traditional, but from the pen of Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Richard Rodgers (melody).
The flower Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) grows in the Alps, similar species are also growing in the Himalayan territory. The name has the meaning noble white. The edelweiss is part of the sunflower family and is the most famous alpine flower. It is often considered
Grenadiermarsch 2008-04-07 08:37:00 Hüttenzauber 2 : Grenadiermarsch - potatoes, pasta and meat, fried
The Grenadiermarsch was a classic meal for the staff, who worked in the upper-class houses, during the K & K time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Because of its origin and the ability to making use of leftovers, the Grenadiermarsch was soon to be introduced in all sectors of the population and is now also common in ski huts and restaurants - wih the mere exceptions that fresh ingredients are used for prepartions.
A typical dinner with leftovers ist characterized by the fact that two or three side dishes are combined with meat and sausage remainders. Ingredients of a very typical recipe would be: potatoes, noodles, sausage and other meat products - but of course it can also be varied with dumplings (Knöde
Seeking Whom He May Devour 2008-04-14 08:37:00 Vargas, Fred: Seeking
Whom He May Devour . 2004
original title: L'homme à l'envers. 1999
This is the second crime story from the series "Adamsberg" (No. 1 is "L'Homme aux cercles bleus," this novel has not yet been translated into English, but later Adamsberg novels are available in englisch translation). Camille Forrestier, musician, composer and plumber, lives in Saint-Victor-du-Mont in the Mercantour National Park, in the French Maritime Alps (Départements Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). There she lives with the Canadian Donald Lawrence Johnstone. He is urpsprünglich researcher of grizzly bears and film maker. He went to France to film the wolves who have settled in the Mercantour area. Saint Victor is an idyllic village in the French mountains, near the Italian bo
Edelweiss Glass Painting 2008-04-21 10:39:00 We provide you with a template motif for glass painting - three Edelweiss in three different sizes. The Edelweisses are from 6 centimeter diameter to 12 centimeter diameter.
For children it is fun to use glass painting, as they are easy to apply and have a nice shining stained glass effect. With the paintings they can decorate their room window, or the door of the children's room, you can of course apply the motives to jars where you fill in some yummy marmelade.
Edelweiss GlassPainting
Template Motif
Glass Painting Template Stags 2008-04-28 11:40:00 In our shop we meet a lot of people who like deer - and we have to say we like deer too, we like deer hinds and stags too.
So we decided that we have to have a glass painting template showing stags. In this template you will find one standing stag and a head of a stag, similar to a trophy. You can paint one or both of them. If you miss the deer hind. You can try a trick. Take the standing stag, don't paint the antlers and try to make the neck a little smaller, you will have a perfect deer hind.
If you don't like window colour you can of course colour the stags with any other paint, cut them out of the paper, make your own picture of an Alpine wood.
Have fun painting. Read more:Glass
, Painting
Zermatt - an oasis in the Alps 2008-05-05 10:35:00 In the southern Switzerland, in the heart of the Alps, located in the canton of Valais (Wallis) at the foot of the Matterhorn is one of the most popular winter sports resorts in Switzerland - Zermatt. A total of 313 kilometres downhill skiing in three areas, Zermatt offers all the amenities of a perfect winter holiday for beginners and advanced skiers. Especially nowadays one aspect converning the slopes is very interesting: Zermatt is a snow safe location!
Although Zermatt has become known as a winter resort, it is also a great treat in summer. Zermatt invites with many hiking trails to leisurely stroll, or for advanced mountaineers to climbing. A total of 400km walking and hiking trails are available to visitors. Who loves to ski even in summer, should travel up to the Matterhorn G Read more:oasis
Football in the Alps 2008-05-12 10:19:00 The 13th European Football
Championship (UEFA EURO 2008) is a truly Alpine one, taking place in Austria and Switzerland. It starts on 7 June 2008, and ends after three weeks on 29 June 2008.
The venues in Austria are in Vienna, in Innsbruck (the Tyrol), in Klagenfurt (Carinthia) and in Salzburg. The Swiss venues are in the Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich. The final will take place on 29 June
Alpine Weather 2008-05-19 11:55:00 Climate change in the Alps
The Alps - a paradise of flower meadows, snowy peaks, and your favourite holiday destination for hiking, skiing or for the summer?
Everyone who has learned to love the Alps in all its diversity during a visit, perhaps knows that the Alps are affected by climate change. But did you know that this majestic mountain range reacts much more sensitive toward a changi Read more:Alpine
Template with Cows 2008-05-26 09:02:00 If you ever have been to the Alps, rather to Switzerland, Germany and Austria, than say French Alps - you will probably have seen one animal very, very often. They come in grey, brown, in muictures of black and white, brown and white, or all black. I am talking of cows.
Our template shows the silhouette of two cows: one bull and a smaller calf. You can use the template for glass painting / wi
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