Skiing at Kitzbuhel

26 February 2013

Kitzbühel old town

We drove to Kitzbuhel in Austria yesterday so Andre could go skiing. It's been three years since he's been skiing in Switzerland. We've been to Kitzbuhel before and like it because you can walk from the village to the ski slopes which means I can stand at the bottom of the slopes watching him or go for a stroll round the village and see the shops. It's an easy 1hr40min drive from my mom and Jurgens house, except that it was snowing all the way there and the roads were quite slushy so took a bit longer.

After renting the kit, Andre spent about two rounds on the beginners blue slope and then headed up a red slope which he enjoyed for the rest of the day. Both of these I can stand at the bottom watching him go up and down the slope. Or as I did later sit at a restaurant on this slope watching the skiers go past. He came skiing down to the restaurant for a lunch stop of goulash soup, one of our favourites in Germany, before heading off again.

The restaurant where we had lunch on the slopes to the right.

My view of Andre coming down the slope from the restaurant.

lunch break

We'd like to one year spent a few days there so he can explore some of the other slopes more, and I the village and shops!

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Sledging at Reit im Winkel

24 February 2013

We're in Bernhaupten for the weekend and yesterday drove to Reit im Winkel to go sledging. From the car park a mini bus takes you up the snowy mountain. They have chains on their wheels and it was quite interesting how easily they drove up the steep incline and around bends.

As the sledges would only be available for rent later in the day we did a scenic walk first, a 6km (about 2hrs) round trip through the snow. It was beautiful there. At times hard work walking through the snow but worth it.

After lunch on the mountain it was time for sledging! I decided to give it a miss as the sledging trail was actually the 4km road downhill all the way back to the car park. The very same road we came up in with the bus! Of course the busses wait for all the sledges to have gone ahead before driving again. Everyone jumps on their sledges at the same time so no one will get run over by a bus! It is rather steep and windy as I said before. So mom and I waved the guys off and then jumped in the bus to follow them down. They had great fun but did admit it might have been a bit much for us! Andre had filmed it all with the gopro so I'll post it here as soon as I'm done editing it.

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