Band "Ganes" (Italy)

Open Air Concert at "Schloß Kaltenberg"

We got two tickets for the Open Air Concert from Barbara, Andy and Katharina as a birthday present. 4 diff. bands from 3pm till 10.30 pm ! Long concert with lots of fun!

as you can see, the crowd was middle aged

Band "Haindling" (Bavaria)
one of our favorites

Band "Hubert von Goisern" (the top act) from Austria

after a slow start, our balcony flowers now are growing very well!

big birthday celebration in our family

my aunty and uncle celebrated their 80th birthday and we all joined them in our traditional clothes !

we spend a week holiday in Italy

first stop on our way to Meran

few out of our hotel room - isn't that beautiful?

our Hotel in "Schenna" a village next to "Meran"

thats a part of "Meraner Höhenweg" what Herbert did last year!

that was the highest point from our walk

on the way back down

we had to share our way with goats!

Meran

"Veneciano" and "Espresso" we loved it!

Lake "Molveno"

we visited the place where Herbert and Christa finished their "across the mountains walk" on Gardasee a few years ago.

next stop was Verona

here the balcony from Romeo and Julia. One of the most crowded places of town!

Arena di Verona

old winemakers place in Custoza

visiting a nice old place "Borghetto"

in the Arena

two hours before the opera started we looked for a good place and took our dinner along: red wine, water, bread, cheese and italian ham !

stage design for the opera "Barbier von Sevilla"

Olympic Winter Games 2018

we are deeply disappointed and sad that we didn't get the games !!!!

Voltigier championship with Barbara and Katharina

Today was a very important tournament and they did really well! Katharina is Nr. 2 on this photo!

at Tollwood-Festival we visited the Marokkanian Tent

and had a glas of mint tea