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    • Day 5

      Ausflug nach Schladming

      January 3 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

      In der Region Schladming waren wir vor 20 Jahren einige Male. Im Nachbarort habe ich quasi das Skifahren gelernt.

      Zusätzlich findet hier alljährlich Ende Januar das „Night Race“, ein Weltcupslalom bei Nacht, statt.

      Wir haben uns das Stadion und die Innenstadt angeschaut und sind ein wenig durch die Straßen geschlendert.

      Mit der „Hohenhaus Tenne“ steht in Schladming auch eine der größten ApresSki Buden der Alpen.
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    • Day 4

      Let’s go skiing

      January 20, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ -5 °C

      Dianne and I spent the day skiing and found some challenges. For Dianne the mountain was generally steeper than she likes, and for me generally not steep enough. Even so, there is a host of restaurants and other dining options available all over the four mountain area that our ski pass gives us access to. We took advantage of that while we planned where to go next.

      I have heard about skiing in Europe, and how people enjoy the food, refreshments and long runs. All of that is true. What I miss is the steep 50 degree slopes that I’m used to at home. Moguls are almost non existent, although I did find some small ones at the top of one mountain. They won’t last long because they groom the whole place every night. My friend and fellow pilot Neil Potter was spending some time today with a local who is a good skier so maybe he’ll be able to show me the goods tomorrow.

      Tomorrow we also need to find Dianne a way down off the mountain. She has found some nice runs up top but finds the way down a bit challenging at the end of the day.
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    • Day 179

      Flachau (7) - Giglachseen

      August 26, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      My favorite hike this week - from the Ursprungalm up to the Giglachseen. And we treated ourself on our last afternoon in Flachau with a swim in the pool and a delicious Kaiserschmarrn.

      5km
      355hm/355hm
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    • Day 6

      Dinner out, bring your helmet.

      January 22, 2020 in Austria ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C

      Dianne and I skied Hauser Kaibling again today. She has a good spot that works for her and is near a restaurant, and I have a couple of nice steep, soft snow, off piste places I like. Fun for everyone.

      Tonight, a dinner out is planned, with the caveat; bring your helmet. It was posted as a sledge ride after dinner, which we thought was something like horses pulling a sleigh. No, that is not it. It is us riding down the mountain on a rented two seat sledge. Two runners underneath us and feet for steering. The course is 7 km long and 2500 feet vertical.

      Three busses are arranged to take us from the hotel to the bottom of Hochwurzen Gondola. Sledges are rented at the bottom and we bring them up in the gondola to restaurant at the top. Dinner is excellent, and our corner of the restaurant has a dozen of us seated together. We are Canadians mostly, with a couple from Sweden and Henrik from Denmark.

      After dinner the fun begins. Nobody knows how to steer these things, assuming they can be steered at all. We take photos at the start in case we expire before the end. The course is mostly illuminated, and steep in places. To slow down, you drag your feet, which kicks up snow into your face and up your pant legs. Corners are sharp and littered with others who failed to negotiate them. Dianne and I are on one sledge, Neil and Gayle Potter on another. It is a friendly rivalry. Dianne keeps dragging her legs and yelling slow down while I attempt to steer. We pass some hapless schmucks along the way and that pleases me. Dianne is still complaining, but I’m sure she likes passing people because her feet don’t drag as much now. Potters are now in sight so I start yelling “pick up your feet” to Dianne. We pass them on a corner but have to slow later for more riders in front. Potters go by us. Snow is still flying in my face as I attempt to slow down for corners, I am wearing glasses, and that helps a little. There are some bumps on the course that get us lifted from our seats. With each bump Dianne yells louder “slow down”, but Potters are in sight again so that is not in the cards. We go by them for the last time, only to see what looks like an accident scene with multiple sledges overturned on the side. The people are standing, and as we pass by they throw snow at us at face level. The course goes through a tunnel under a road and it appears that the end is in sight. We stop at the bottom, and meet up with all the others we dined with, and exchange stories. Everyone in still intact and walking. The bus ride back to the hotel seems boring now.
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    • Day 15

      Mountain Gokart am Hochwurzen

      June 27, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Kurz nach 12:00 sind wir mit der Gondel auf den Hochwurzen auf 1.850 Meter, kurz noch ein Almdudler und um 13:00 Uhr ging es 7 km mit dem Gokart den Berg runter.

      Die Strecke war eine Schotterpiste, wenn man überholt wurde gab es als Dreingabe jede Menge Staub zu schlucken...

      Die Gokarts waren schon recht speziell - 3 Räder, die Füße wurden auf Rasten an der Gabel abgelegt, lenkten also mit. Es gab zwei Bremsen, jeweils eine für die jeweiligen Hinterräder. Die Bremswirkung auf Schotter ist so „naja“, dafür kann man prima um die Kurven sliden, wenn man nur die kurveninnere Bremse nutzt... 😎 🏎💨

      Die Zeitvorgabe waren 20-30 Minuten, ich war nach knapp 10 Minuten unten, Co in etwa 15 Minuten... Das wird bei der Motorrad-Tour im August auf jeden Fall wiederholt...

      Die Idee, die Kamera in der Hand zu halten, war auf jeden Fall nur halb gut... 🤣
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    • Day 9

      Last day!

      January 25, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

      Wow, last day. Tom went skiing and I stayed back to pack. I went to the gym (first time all week) to begin getting back into shape. Then Gayle and I went to meet the boys for lunch.

      Neil Potter and I spent the morning skiing some off piste runs that tired us out by noon. We met the girls for lunch and also happened to find some more friends we have made throughout the week. Michael and Lena from Sweden joined us for lunch. Dining in the Alps is much more pleasant than dining at a Canadian ski resort. Here there are waiters, menus, choices you don’t have in Canada, all at the same price you pay everywhere else in Austria. You don’t have to line up to get your food or drink. As a result, you spend more time dining and talking with friends. It does seem civilized.

      Neil, Michael and I skied down for our last run and returned skis. We had done 4200 metres vertical for the day, which was about average for the week. I was anxious to get the race results, not so for Neil. We didn’t compete in the same category as I skied in the over 60 group. Also Neil said he didn’t try hard, he just wanted to make all the gates.
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    • Day 9

      Gala night!

      January 25, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

      First; drinks and conversation at Neil & Gayles; then down to the dining room to get the results of the race.

      Before the race results were announced, I learned that two of my colleagues, Jean and Mark missed the race. At race time, there was a lot f confusion about which group would start first, where to get your race number etc. They decided to go for a bite to eat and come back when it was all settled. When the two returned, the organizers were pulling out the gate poles. Both those guys are good skiers, so my chances of placing just went up. I told Dianne before I saw the results that I thought I came in forth. That turned out to be true. I finished fourth. What pisses me off is that my time was less than half a second faster than Neil’s, who claims to have not tried hard at all!

      As Tom came in fourth this year; he won no prize but he has set the bar for himself.

      The dinner was, as usual amazing. Too much food. Then we all decided to try the shooting range. As I have never held a gun before I got a few tips; lined my shot and hit the bullseye the first time!
      That was lucky, now it is off to bed! Tom takes his shot and hits the target! Good try Tom!
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    • Day 7

      Exploring the hotel

      January 23, 2020 in Austria ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C

      SportHotel Royer is an interesting hotel. Built on many levels. For example from the reception to our room we go up two flights of stairs, walk a long winding corridor, down one flight of stairs and walk another long corridor before we arrive at our door. Lots of interesting paintings along the way and beautiful old chests litter the hallways.

      For entertainment there is 9 pin bowling alley’s, shooting range, fitness room, sauna, tanning booths, laundry facility, swimming pools with an awesome water slide, tennis courts, and table tennis( which we did not locate)

      Every morning and evening we ate in one of the huge dining room’s. The meals have been amazing. Great breakfast buffet and 5 course served meals!
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    • Day 7

      Smashup & Strudel

      January 23, 2020 in Austria ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

      Today we decided that I would ski in the area I liked and Tom would ski with his buddies on tougher terrain. We would all meet at noon for lunch. Good plan.

      It is another beautiful day here, not a cloud in the sky and just a few degrees below zero. I am skiing the less challenging stuff but still out of my comfort zone. But I am skiing in Austria! Things are going along well until someone comes from behind me and takes me down. Skies, poles and legs go flying. Now on the ground I do the check to see if everything still worked. It did. Now to collect myself and equipment. One of my poles had landed in the middle of the ski path and I needed it to be out of the way so there would not be another wipeout! I half crawled and used my other poles drag it out of the way. I managed to get my ski on, get righted, poles in hand and went on my way still shaking. The women who sent me flying had waited to make sure I was ok and apologized for the accident. I, of course reassured her I was A-ok.

      I continued skiing but was extremely cautious of the skiers around me as the hill was quite busy today.

      Tom surprises me with an early meet. We go up the lift again but I am done skiing we pick up our skis and head up to the spot to meet the others. I(we) decide to walk, mostly up hill. In a perfect world Tom would have preferred to take another chair to the top and ski down; it would have taken less time and less sweat on his part but I wouldn’t hear of it. I had been to the top and had seen it all! So we walked, not our best moment. Our reward was a plate of delicious apple strudel with vanilla. It was warm, comforting and delicious. Perfect end of day.

      I took the ride down in the gondola and Tom skied down we arrived within a few minutes of each other.

      At dinner we met up with friends and talked over our days adventures! I talked about the strudel!
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    • Day 2

      Schladming

      June 5, 2023 in Austria ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Nach einem Stop im Hotelzimmer machten wir uns dann auf den Weg unseren Ort hier zu erkunden :).
      Runter nach Schladming ging es dann mit dem Auto zuerst shoppten wir einen Regenschirm 🌂 und dann ging es in die City 🙃🤭.Read more

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