I am sure i am not spelling it correctly but Gogles Alm in Tyrol rings a bell..... It was funny because he started making butter while he was there and he had to set a five pound purchase limit because he would have everything sold after only a few customers....
I know he misses it but for a young guy, the life he building back here is nice too....
Often thought I could be quite happy in Austria living on a little farm in the Alps... have great memories there working with my Grandfather on the family dairy farm...
I was fortunate in that they were really old school and did things, for the most part as they had been done for hundreds of years...
Still remember when some of my friends from California stayed a week for a visit... it was culture shock to say the least.
They couldn't get over my Grandparents didn't have a garbage can... they really had nothing to throw away... they produced most of what they needed... smoked the meats, made cream, put up the preserves, heated with wood... etc.
My Grandmother loved peaches and one year they didn't do so well... I bought a case of Del Monte peaches which she enjoyed... but, no one told me they didn't own a can opener... Oh... the empty peach cans quickly found a home in the workshop for nuts and bolts...
It really was a good, simple and honest life... seemed like everyone around there lived to be in their 90's and doctors, pills and meds were to be avoided at all cost for the most part...
The biggest compliment I ever received was the one I got from my Grandparents... they were very proud that I still knew how to work even after going to the University...
I'm surprised you brother didn't come back a nice Austrian country girl...
Great project your family has going there... enjoy reading the updates!