time out

Last year in April (oh my, time goes by so fast...) my man and I got married in a beautiful thermae near our home town, the St. Martins Therme & Lodge.

For the wedding, we got gifted a gift coupon for a relax! one day holiday in the upper deck area of the thermae. I took a day off work on Monday and we cashed in our coupon.

We've been to the upper deck area before and we love it there! It's a little exclusive area, with comfortable beds, snacks and beverages and an amazing view. Unfortunately, the weather was rather bad on Monday, but we still enjoyed our stay there.

It was wonderful to relax for a day, not to think about work, to spend time with my lovely husband and to eat and drink and just float in the warm water. We went to the sauna, we had a hot stone massage, I had time to read and of course there was a lot of cuddling. The perfect day.

We have a special connection with the thermae and the lodge. Not only did we got married there, but the thermae also plays a vital role in the beginning of our relationship, a little more than 4 years ago. So we always enjoy coming back there to relive memories and to be grateful, that we met each other and fell in love. And now enough talking, here are some pics.

Travelling Austria - Wellnesshotel Pierer (mountain pasture wellness)

oh my, seems that I'm writing nothing else but Travelling posts these days. But two weeks after our wonderful tour through the west, we had another little time out. Our families know, that we love to travel. Travelling through Austria, through Europe our through the whole world is our shared hobby. My man and I have little in common (surprisingly - the relationship works perfectly fine. Opposites do attract, apparently!) but we really share our love for adventures and our need to see as much of this beautiful world as possible!
When we got married in April, our parents and my man's sister gifted us with three vouchers - each for a weekend away in a beautiful hotel in Austria. And so we decided to use one of those vouchers to have a little spa treatment in a wonderful resort in Styria, about a two hour drive from our home.

The hotel was wonderful! It's called Almwellness Hotel Pierer. It's located at 1.200 metres obove sea level on a little mountain. Styria is called the green heart of Austria because of its forests and vegetation. Unfortunately, it rained during our whole stay so we didn't get the chance to wander around the mountain a little bit.

Instead we spend the time between eating, reading and sweating in the Sauna. The hotel hat 6 different saunas. We got a massage and I got the chance to try out my first yoga lesson. I LOVED it and it won't be the last time, that I'm doing some yoga. I already looked up a yoga course near my home and I can't wait to give it a try!
The breakfast buffet was amazing - the hotel treated us with homemade and local products, in the morning as well as for the 6-course-dinner in the evenings. Let me tell you that we had a very, very nice stay there.

Enough with the words - here are some pictures for you to enjoy!

our wonderful room

the view from our balcony

another picture of our room. that cow greeted us every morning!

the view we had from the rest area

they had this beautiful natural pond, unfortunately it was a little too cold to use it...

the 90 degrees hot sauna. It originally was a hut on the top of a mountain. I loved the smell of wood inside.

a shower inside a hollow old tree.

no words needed. amazing view.