What I learned in 2023
What a year 2023 has been! Difficult, challenging, but also full of opportunities. No matter what happened, my friends stuck…
Author: Pollybert
Where to eat along the road in Argyll and Bute and the Isle of Mull
It’s not always easy to find a place to eat while on the road, especially since lots of places close…
Iona Abbey and Nunnery
Arriving on the Isle of Mull
After a full day driving around Kintyre and exploring Tarbert, we spent the night at Oban only to leave it…
Breakfast at Oko Wien – update – permanently closed
It feels as if I had breakfast only recently at Oko Wien. And it’s true, it was at the end…
Schlawiener Wirtshaus
Schlawiener Wirtshaus serves Austrian food in an unpretentious setting. No wonder, the place is called a Wirtshaus aka a tavern.…
Tarbert – a picturesque village and a castle
After driving along the entire Kintyre peninsula all the way from Claonaig in the north, to the Dunaverty rock in…
Books
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins: The prequel of the hunger Games series is doing a good…
Casino Zögernitz
All long as I remember Casino Zögernitz has been closed. Built in the 19th century this Biedermeier property saw Johann…
Exploring Kintyre – driving around the peninsula
When we left the Corrie Hotel on the Isle of Arran the sun was out and the day promised to…
