Skiing in Austria

"Fasching" or carnival found us on the slopes of St. Anton in Austria, an almost four hour drive from our home. It was nice. We rented a flat that was close to the lift and we were set to go.

Both Victoria and Mark took three day lessons. Victoria learned to parallel ski, and is now zooming down the slopes. She even made it down a really steep black diamond run, which was one day was her only option to come down the hill (due to weather all other routes were closed).

Mark had a blast learning deep powder skiing. With his instructor's guidance and the required avalanche receiver they spent two days in the back country learning to ski in thigh high powder. Needless to say he was jazzed. We had five days of sunshine, and two days of cloudy weather.

On to Vancouver

Middle of January found me on a week long business trip to Vancouver. The timing was perfect. Not only did it allow me to visit with friends, catch up with neighbors and shop at Powell's, but I could meet with the property management company in person. Conveniently, I could also take care of some of our "stuff" such as plants and miscellaneous furniture and garage stuff. Now the house is ready for new tenants.
The fligh over was nice, with views of a not quite frozen Davis Strait (between Greenland and Canada)

A good beginning of 2008

Hi!
The year started with an eventless 8 hour drive from my parents home in Hungary to Hildrizhausen. Unlike our last drive back in June (6.5 hours) I do not expect to receive any speeding tickets from the Austrian police cameras.
This was followed by a three day Mark & Andras only ski trip to Austria. This was the most uncomplicated trip I have ever done. We skied as much as we could, which meant to be at the mountain when the lift opened and take the last lift up at 4:15pm. There were no complaints about temperature, coldness, tiredness or hunger. Our food stop was limited to a 30-40 minute stop at the ski hut.