AUSTRIAN SKI ADVENTURE PART-3
During our ten days cross-country skiing in Austria we shared breakfast with middle-aged skiers from The Netherlands, France, Austria, and a number from Germany. This older European skier tends to be quiet in the evening and retire at 9:30 p.m. and rise at 8:30 a.m. or later. Our evenings were spent in long suppers, writing, [...]
GREAT AUSTRIAN SKI ADVENTURE PART-2
After our dinner watching Miss Piggy being eaten at the neighboring table, we could hardly sleep that night, but told ourselves it was for the anticipation of tomorrow’s two hour drive into the heart of the Tyrolean Alps and CROSS COUNTRY SKIING. The next morning after one of those excellent German breakfasts of hard bread [...]
THE GREAT AUSTRIAN SKI ADVENTURE PART-1
I parked near the statue in the village square and climbed the snowbank until I stood level with the warrior’s helmeted visage. When I followed the line of the hero’s steely gaze as far as the eye could see figures rushed about like armies covering the fields and hills. Under a deep blue sky and [...]
