Hotel Garni Ernst Falch St. Anton am Arlberg

... well back in the UK and that the weather isn't too rubbish.

oh, the only other thing to say is that the place we are living is pretty cool, it's a proper appartment, not your usual chalet staff accommodation of bunk beds and room sharing. we've got ensuite! also got sky tv and, rather than driving up the motorway for 45 minutes to get to work each morning I have approximately a 5 minute walk through the snow!

that's how for now.

Dave and Gemma xxx

... Unlike most Australian beer, Austrian beer actually tastes very good, so if we are comparing value for money here then the outcome is clear.

Alcohol purchased at the bottle shop (or supermarket, in Austria) is no contest. A 6-pack of 500ml beer here is unbelievably cheap, costing about $10 dollars!

2. Lunch (main course)

Perth: $22.00

St Anton: €8.80
= $14.10

Admittedly, Perth does have some great restaurants but most of ...

... ber diesen Blog werden wir unsere Familien und Freunde über den Verlauf unserer Reise auf dem Laufenden halten und Eindrücke und Gedanken teilen.

Also dranbleiben! Am 27.1.2010 gehts los und wir werden euch hoffentlich mit abenteuerlichen und spannenden Geschichten unterhalten - hoffentlich auch alle mit happy end :).

... damage public relations and deter potential tourists. That's fair enough in my opinion - people have to take responsibility for themselves and accept that a clear and present danger exists when they venture into unpatrolled areas outside the resort.

Changing to a less morbid subject, the local bakeries here are amazing. Their ability to create a bread that is crisp and crunchy on the outside yet delicately soft on the inside is ...

... in some skiing *nd snowbo*rding. It *ctu*lly feels like we've been here for longer th*n * few d*ys now th*t we h*ve our be*rings *nd *re f*mili*r with the town *nd some of its intric*cies. I've posted some photos showing l*st nights shen*****ns, the St Anton town *re* *nd Innsbruck City to give you *n ide* of the spect*cul*r views *nd scen*ry *nd there will be more to follow soon.

Travel to Austria from Perth via Tokyo, Milan and Innsbruck is not recommended. To describe this route as a 'milk-run' would be an understatement of epic proportions. I calculated the total travel time to be somewhere in the vicinity of 30hrs (not including time spent in transit) so you can probably understand our relief when we arrived at our final destination in the town of St Anton, Austria.

Our home for the next 4 ...

After leaving Cortina in the morning, we drove into Austria and made a stop for a couple of hours in Imst to ride the alpine coaster there. Unlike the summer slide near the Salzberg Lakes that we rode, this one was on rails and was the longest in Europe at 3.5km or 2.1m. All of us rode it once ...

... leather ski boots with a technician when Marg walked in the door. To Alex this was like the record player coming to a scratchy halt. Their eyes crossed and six months later they were married. We cruised the town to try to find the Alber Boot Shop and some of Alex's old hangouts. Apparently the Alber Boot Shop no longer found the demand for custom leather ski boots. It is now Alber Sports, which offers a full range of snow sport needs ...

... br>Silvretta suusakeskusest ca 2 km Landecki suunas asub ühe külalistemaja külje peal mõnus hubane 2-korruseline suusamajake, mis mahutab u 8 inimest. Asukoht on küll keskusest natuke eemal, ent tasuta suusabuss viib teatud kellaaegadel huvilisi edasi-tagasi. Bussiaegade üle võib küll viriseda, sest viimane buss keskusest väljub 17.30 ja kes soovib kauemaks jääda, peab jalad selga võtma või takso püüdma.

Majas oli olemas kõik eluks vajalik...well, wc paberit ...

... 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 ...