Hotel Theodul Lech

... setting up the chalet's etc. Our chalet is MASSIVE! and very hi tech as well - our kitchen is a proper industrial kitchen with a dishwasher which washes things in 90 seconds - have tried to attach a picture but it probably doesn't come across brilliantly. We went out and got pretty drunk and went clubbing the night we arrived and then on Wednesday night there was an opening party for Bar Cuba where the theme was "bright and black" a couple of our guys dressed up as black men ...

... 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 ...

Das Abreisedatum rückt näher - noch 7 Wochen und dann geht es los.
Einmal um die Welt - oft darüber gesprochen, viel davon geträumt - bald wird es Realität.

Die Reisevorbereitungen werden intensiver, langsam macht man sich Gedanken, was man alles einpacken wird - nur nicht zu viel! Mal sehen ob das mit dem Vorsatz klappt :)
Vandans, Vorarlberg, Austria auszeit2010

... but words cannot do justice to how vertical some of these slopes are. Most of the pisted areas within the boundaries of the resort are designed to suit varying abiilities and so includes less challenging terrain amongst it. But a survey of the surrounding backcountry areas reveals near vertical faces dotted with cliffs and sheer dropaways. I can now see why there are so many avalanche related incidents that occur here every ...

... re *n incredibly t*lented *ct consisting of 5 members. They use their voices *nd only their voices in * 'be*t-box' f*shion, mimicking the sounds of percussion, guit*rs, synthesised sounds *nd b*sslines to cre*te * unique, dyn*mic *nd well-orchestr*ted melody which is *lmost indistinguish*ble from the sound of * b*nd or DJ. They *re prob*bly the best be*t boxing *ct in the world *nd I ...

... felt confident that we would be comfortable in our $450/week studio rental. Having now arrived, unpacked and slept the first night it would be true to say that expectations have well and truly been exceeded - this place is awesome. I won't go into too much detail, but the facilities include a huge bathroom (including double-sized shower, bathtub, 2 basins and toilet), Cable TV, High-speed cable broadband internet, full kitchen ...

We were planning to go to Liechtenstein but thought we may as well as it was sort of on our way. It's the worlds 6 smallest country so it would have been rude not to go..haha.

We didn't drive to the main town but to another.. where really there wasn't anything. I did get a photo with the tourist sign though. Had to somehow prove I'd been there!

... the trail through the forested area, up switchbacks with short stops at lookouts in small clearings to the city below. It didn't take long to reach the castle. It is closed to the public but sits right next to a public road so I walked along the road to get a good look, then continued along the road up a hill a bit further so I could get a nice view.

I navigated my way back down to the city below and checked out some of the shops ...

... name, sorry...) Austria was not our priority, so we just took some nice pictures, played like children "à la marelle", made a pi break like girls (meaning wherever you want but NOW because I need to pi). No pi break for me, sometime i am not sure to be a woman! And I do not mind to be a woman that does not care to pi in the forest behind trees. Ok, with what we saw, I can not tell you that Austria is a nice country, but it seems to. Go and you will have a idea ...

... Hotel Europe, we stopped for some ice cream. I see why Europeans like their ice cream so much. It is really rich, smooth and delicious.

Once we were back in the room, we started to get ready for dinner. We were heading up the Jakobshorn Mountain for dinner, via cable car (two of them, actually) to the top. I can’t wait to see the view from the top at night. The view from the cable car was incredible...you could see the entire valley. However, the restaurant was ...