No smoking in Austria

I'm not Scottish Tony, I hail from sunny Manchester. Have lived for a long time in Fife, have a Scottish wife, and two Scots for sons.

And yes, I qualify to wear the kilt ~ and do!

We share something other than our love for skiing in common then, as I am an Englishman married to a Scots lass. However, my 2 kids are both English born and bred, fortunately

No kilts for me.

Scottish? We are from N Ireland and twice or three times in Niederau people have mistaken us for Scotts. Not complaining of course, just think it's funny - must be our "country" accent!

AJ,

You'll love this....

Recently a law in Nova Scotia came into effect which makes smoking in your car (if anyone under 18 years of age is present) illegal. Now, I've never smoked in my life and throughly dislike the smell but I disagree with that law. There are too many laws out there. Another town here wants to ban smoking on their sidewalks and parks. Taking it too far...

In a ski related manner ... smoking is banned on the chairlift where I ski mostly ... but you see people smoking anyway. If no wind, your chair passes through the same smoke!

Mike

SkiGirl wrote:

Scottish? We are from N Ireland and twice or three times in Niederau people have mistaken us for Scotts. Not complaining of course, just think it's funny - must be our "country" accent!  

SkiGirl,

What part of NI is home? My wife & I visited Bangor, Belfast and the Antrim Coast areas with some Canadian friends who come from Bangor. Several highlights of the area -- The Ulster Folk Museum, Grey Abbey, Giant's Causeway, Bushmills Distillary, Daft Eddy's, Portaferry, Carrickfergus, ..... Just too many to list. But what really stood out was the scenery of the Antrim Coast - lush rolling hills. Too bad they aren't snow covered at some point

Mike

Mike from NS wrote:

AJ,

You'll love this....

Recently a law in Nova Scotia came into effect which makes smoking in your car (if anyone under 18 years of age is present) illegal. Now, I've never smoked in my life and throughly dislike the smell but I disagree with that law. There are too many laws out there. Another town here wants to ban smoking on their sidewalks and parks. Taking it too far...

In a ski related manner ... smoking is banned on the chairlift where I ski mostly ... but you see people smoking anyway. If no wind, your chair passes through the same smoke!

Mike 

I know what you mean Mike,If people just had consideration for others laws like the one you mention wouldnt have to be made.
It beggers belief though at the number of people who smoke with kids in the car,As the saying goes ignorance is bliss.


AJ Adele

Hi Mike

Ballymena in Co Antrim, about 30 miles from the coast, 25 from Belfast. Glad you enjoyed visiting here - you got to see a lot. Yes, the North Antrim coastline and glens are very beautiful. If you visit again, other places that spring to mind that are probably worth a visit are are Dunluce Castle in Portrush, Mourne Mountains in Co Down, around Strangford Lough, Lough Neagh and Shane's Castle grounds, Slemish mountain near Broughshane in Co Antrim, Marble Arch caves, Co Fermanagh lakes ... I could go on!

AJ,

You are absolutely right!

"If people just had consideration for others laws like the one you mention wouldnt have to be made."

Respect and consideration for others and their property would make for a much better world .... along with more consistantly cold winters and great snowfalls

SkiGirl,

Thanks for your suggestions. The Marble Arch caves sound interesting. We also took in "A Chorus Line" which was playing at the Old Opera House in Belfast (just down the street from the Europa Hotel). We were there in 1997 so I expect a few things have changed since then.

Mike