Bert's Travels

Kitzbuehel, the Hahnenkamm, the Streif, was a disappointment for the Austrian Ski-enthusiasts, of which there are about 8 million. A Frenchm...

... of course attracts the Prominence: Anybody who is anybody was there. Austria's Chancelor Werner Fayman applauds the skiers. above an...

This course spelled disaster not only for Austrian Skiers but the Swiss Ace, Silvan Zurbriggen, also was unable to place. Brad Spence of Can...

Austrian Flags are waving ! All dreaming about a victory of one of their aces. Marcel Hirscher of Austria threads a gate half way down the c...

I was talking to our dog the other day, (her name is Doggy-dog-dog") and she complained that she had never yet been on my Blog. "A...

I am getting quite busy, doing and planning things. First to the "doing": I showed you some of the pictures of Karl Brandstaetter....

We were invited to his home and drove through heavy fog in the valleys, making driving treacherous. Karl Brandstaetter lives on top of a hil...