KC’s Blog

The last weekend my mum was visiting we decided to do a road trip into Austria.  About two hours north of Monfalcone, through the Dolomites is a small resort town by the name of Klagenfurt.  Klagenfurt boasts, amazing spas, great golf and SUSHI.  Mum, Hoss and our friend Tim were all in for the adventure! 

The day in Italy started off overcast and as we drove the two hours north through mountain tunnels, every time we came out of a tunnel the clouds cleared a little more and a little more so that by the time we reached the Austrian boarder it was a bright sunny day!

As you know Hoss and I have great luck with mapquest in Europe so our driving directions got us to the town centre of Klagenfurt and after a few wrong turns, asking for directions at a gas station and a butcher shop, we finally found our hotel, The Hotel Geyer.  The hotel was about a 2 minute walk to the town centre and the annual Christmas Festival was on.

After we checked into the hotel we began our quest for the Sushi restaurant, which we couldn’t find but ended up having a wonderful ‘Austrianesque’ lunch with lots of German Beer mmmm.  After lunch mum and I hit H&M … need I say more?  We walked around the town square and through the Christmas market.

We headed back to the hotel where I enjoyed a luxurious bubble bath.  After our afternoon naps we were totally excited to head out for our Sushi dinner. After walking around around and around we finally gave up and had a glorious meal at the Sandwith Hotel.  The food and company was both divine.  As much as my mum begged to go to the local disco to dance off our dinner we decided to call it a night and all headed back to our rooms to watch some good German Television. The next morning my mum arose early and went for a short walk around the hotel after making a right out of the hotel door and a left onto the first street she crossed; a little further down on the left was the sushi restaurant which of course was NOT open on Sunday.  As disappointed as we all were that there was no sushi, we now know it’s only a two hour drive away. Sunday Morning we headed back out of town and decided to drive down to Lake Worthersee. The lake was still covered in morning mist and there were a few rowers out on the lake, a site to behold.  As the cool morning air burned off and the temperature rose we took a short walk around the top end of the lake and ended up sitting outside on a patio in Late November in the Alps sipping cappuccinos.