Rendl delivers once again. Last day of the ski season in St. Anton - with snowfall AND sunshine AND no people. Perfect place for the last mellow carve.

Rene Descartes biopic where he's played by Sylvester Stallone.

There are black Alpine salamanders in this pond.

Advice I’d give to anyone in their 20s: - do not take advice from old farts like us

I found a colony of endangered wild hamsters in a park in Vienna. Locals are very protective of them so people will not tell you where they are. I won't tell you either. You need to find them yourself.

Gentiana verna

I have been brutally mogged by Lake Simcoe fish. It’s beautiful. But not one bite. They follow the lure and give me the middle fin at the end. Savage.

Sand from Sahara colors the sky in the Austrian Alps. Orange snow is spooky.

Even Canadian fish are elbows up. My best Rapala and Kuusamo lures get nothing. Not one nibble. And they are made in a friendly nation. I go 100% Canadian. Awesome lure. Still nothing. The fish can smell that my rod was made in the US. Ontario!

One of my favorite chair lifts. Not recommended for those who have a fear of heights.

Northern lights in Tirol, Austria in 2024.

Patience is a virtue. This 25-year-old dessert wine is so off the hook that the hook rusted into a pile of rust years ago. #kracher #wine

Ripe lingonberries in the Alps.

World Cup 3rd Place Fizz English gin French dry curaçao Thor’s hammer grapefruit garnish Orange bitters

Wood sorrel in an Alpine conifer forest. Very sour, good palate cleanser.

What’s better than a proper pint of bitter in SoHo? Two pints?

Bisamberg.

Bisamberg.