Hotel Elisabeth Ischgl

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We met some friends on the snow-covered street *nd enjoyed * few drinks th*t w*rmed us inside despite the sub-zero temer*tures. The Gluhwein (w*rm red wine enh*nced with schn*pps, berries *nd spices) *nd the Fruschpunch (w*rm fruit juice with rum) w*s very t*sty *nd went down * little too e*sily, however the schn*pps ...

... appeals) and it's easy to get caught up in it all and become a 'St Anton Worrier'..... but there's just no point in my opinion. Why should I stress when I look out the window at the sun-rising over the crisply snow-capped mountain peaks and ponder the possibilies of 150 day plus of unadulterated, unitnerrupted snowboarding and partying. This is what we've been waiting for - the beginning. This is it.

Edit: It's now snowing.

... Trey and I returned to the top again intent on blasting down the mountain at top speed. We both made it down without using the brakes at all in 5 minutes and some-odd seconds. We both had a blast. Trey video recorded his first descent and he intends on publishing on youtube when we return home.

... and came face to face with an amazing Medieval town called Glurns that still had all its turrets and walls intact. As it had started to lightly rain again, we decided to get a room at a Gasthaus in the town so we could explore it more. Once settled into the room, we stepped out to see the town sights and have a bite to eat at a local Stube, which was filled with loud beer drinking locals playing cards.

... the next 4 days so we got some great conditions. After that it was all blue sky hot sunny days.

I used to work in St Anton quite a while back so it's great coming back here each year and seeing a few old friends who've kept doing ski season after ski season.

... siis pildimaterjal ning eksponaadid annavad kõneka ülevaate mägede tõelisest võimsusest. Meil tekkis Eeroga tõsine aukartus. Hea pilt oli, kus palktares oli suur auk ja selle eest auto suurune kivirahn. Algul ei saanudki aru, mis värk on, aga teine pilt oli skemaatiline, kus see maja ees lebav rahn oli murdunud 500m kõrgemal kalju küljest ja lennanud mööda mäe külge alla otse läbi maja seinte. Galtür ise on igav ja väike linnake, mis Ischgli kõrval hale vari. Seal ei toimu mingit jämmi.

... Michelini tähte. Saime igatahes väga hea õhtusöögi ja loputasime selle alla heade austria õlledega. Kui juba hoog sees, siis oli vaja minna edasi. Sasha on üks tuntud ööklubi, kusme maandusime. Tibid tantsisid äärtes ümber posti. Muidugi oli selge meeste ülekaal ja ega meiegi oma meestekambaga seda vahekorda ei parandanud :) Rentisime esimesel mäepäeval suusad ja mäele. Ilm oli suht kobe ja poolpilves. Paaril elukunstnikul oli tervis tiba käest ära ja nad ...

So we all rolled into Roddy's car after breakfast and cruised down the autobahn at 200+ kph towards Austria. It took us about three hours to reach the ski resort of Ischgl in the Tirol region. Apparently there are ski resorts that are closer to Munich but Ischgl was something else. While I don't think that it was larger than Vail, it felt more majestic with its sweeping views of tree-less snowscapes. With three gondolas and many high speed 6 ...

... allamäge sõita. Autoga mägironimine pole veel kuulsust kogunud siiski. Aga ega kui tee otsa saab, see ei tähenda automaatselt ka mõistuse otsasaamist. Alati on abiks kohalikega suhelda ja telefoneerida. Juhised käes ja oma suusamaja uksekood üles kirjutatud, asusime siis uuesti tuldud teed pidi sõitma. Selgus, et teisele poole mäge saamiseks tuleb teha 2 tunnine ring ja eks see tehtud saigi. Lõpuks kui kodu üles leidsime, uksekoodi õigsust testisime ja asjad maha ...

... in clouds, so we were unable to see the valley below during dinner...too bad. Dinner was excellent. It consisted of appetizers (I’m not a big fan); the main course, which was beef & gravy with noodles and potatoes in a cream sauce, green beans and ham... and (the best part) DESSERT! The dessert table was out of this world...cheeses, plum cake, walnut & shortcake pie, warm plums with ice cream, and (yes!) warm STRUDEL with a cream topping. WOW! Europeans ...