We then headed over to the big gondola to get to the main ski area. What we didn't anticipate was a 45 minute wait to get on the gondola itself! We felt like cattle, but once we got up to base of the mountain it was totally worth it.
Since we missed the first class due to the gondola line up, we decided to take on the mountain ourselves. Melissa and I were obviously more junior skiers than Syd and Joe but they were so patient with us. We found time to get great picture opps as well.
In the early afternoon we went up to the top of a 3000m peak. The view up there was so amazing...though I looked at the steep hill down and had to mentally prepare myself for the ride down. Let's just say that Mel and I struggled. In the steepest parts our butts became the quickest (and safest) route down. It was steep in most of the beginning parts and took us about 30 minutes to get down the entire mountain. At the end of it, we both thanked our stars that we made it, but then were grateful that we would be going into ski school the next day!
We had a few beers (weiss beer - yum) at a bar at the base of the main gondola, the bar was called 'Kuckkuck' - which stands for 'kookoo bird' or rooster. It was cool to have fresh cold beers while standing outside on a musical patio in our ski gear!We were pretty pooped from our first strenuous day of skiing so we went for some sauna and swimming pool action before heading to a pizzeria nearby for a nice european pizza dinner. Early night of crashing for an early morning of hitting the slopes with ski school!
OBSERVATIONS:
Children are patient here! While waiting in a 40 minute line for the gondola I totally expected whiny kids, but they were the complete opposite - regardless of age! So I thought, either the children are REALLY well behaved or otherwise very excited to go skiing! No crying or complaining or anything. I was very impressed.
We hit a grocery store on the way home from 'apres ski' on the way back to our appartmenthaus to get provisions (aka booze). This normally wouldn't make the cut for a blog, but wait, it gets better. I had sore feet from my new ski boots so I offered to be the 'watcher of the boards' while the other three went into the store. During that time I just chilled on the floor inside the exit and entry doors and waited. Apparently this was 'weird' as I got a number of strange looks, and one bunch of people decided to take the piss out of me and offer me a euro! I was embarrassed and said 'no, no' (with a smile). But now that I think of it, I should have taken it and bought a beer with it...doh!
1 comment:
Wow, they must have stylish homeless people in Austria if you could sit there with a bunch of skiing/snowboarding gear and they think you are down on your luck!
Ty
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