The Hills are Alive with the Sound of… Cow Bells!

Well, Alptag is upon us yet again and our sleepy village of Schwarzenberg in the Austrian Alps has burst in to life with the wonderful sounds of cowbells – hundreds of ’em! A fine Bregenzerwald tradition, Alptag is the day when the cows come down from their summer season in the Alps and return to…

May Day, May Day – It’s Time to Book a Holiday!

White Rabbits and Pinch Punch, the 1st of May has finally arrived and it is time to pack away the winter woollies, spring clean the house, and start thinking about that summer holiday! The winter seems to have gone on forever this year, but with the cows back in the fields (it’s an Austrian thing),…