Messages posted by : Dave Mac
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Bellfi, that's a result, £140 pp.
Who cares if it isn't entirely suitable. You are going to get good value. This would qualify on another thread that aimed to get the holiday cost below the price of a lift pass, you have certainly done that! |
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Tino wrote:
:shock: erm, in which direction Tino? It must be a problem with all these drunken pigtailed blondes! |
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Ise, I thought you were in Scotland?
On a different thread, you mentioned Reinhold Messner. My son interviewed him and did an article, and we are due to see him later in the month in Dundee. I am intrieged by his Tibetan style South Tyrol castle way of living. And his mountaineering exploits of course! |
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Ok , can see your price logic, and can distictly recall being in a similar position.
So, did you book Chamonix at £563, or not? What was the Brides offer? |
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Dom.
If you are to be a true ski bum, shouldn't you be looking at buying third hand off the Head instructor!!?? Good buy, great street cred. In my first season, there were several of us classed ourselves as "skibums" We had absolutely no spare money. We paid £49 for a season pass!!! Tourist ladies bought our only drinks of the week, on a Friday night. ~ Whoopeee! Our food was tinned, bought at a cash and carry in the UK, (100 meals per person), and heated on the top of our room heater, it took about two hours to cook. Unfortunately, halfway through the season, two of us started working for the ski school, and our cred was shot. On the other hand, our financial circumstances did creep forward. Skis were either second hand/third hand, or reconditioned from the Kneissl factory in Kufstein. I feel a John Cleese moment coming on ... "Third hand skis lad, eeh wot luxory, now then, when I were a ski bum...." Dom, are you sure your'e a ski bum? |
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Hi Karen,
I am afraid you credit me with the pictures, actually posted by Jan. And a great deal of work it looks too....especially considering that Jan is pointing out other peoples' establishments! The top picture is looking at the West End of Niederau. Two kilometres further west is the ancient village of Oberau. After that you have two or three other villages, culminating in Auffach, which has the highest skiing in the Wildschoenau. To the left, and off picture, you are heading for the village centre. About 150 m off pic, you will arrive at the road that comes in (on the left) from Worgl. The Alpenhof is the second place on the left, from the crossroads, towards Worgl. (Worgl is a main town in the Inn valley.) So you come out of your door, right, 40m, then turn right, 150m, for the new 4man chairlift, or turn left 150m for the main gondola. Five min further up the road from the gondola is the furthest most point of Niederau, an area called Grafenweg. It is actually in the Gemeindant of Hopfgarten, which is in the ski-welt. Grafenweg is the area in which I always stay. Right in the centre is a wonderful 500 year-old pub called the Bichlwirt. Jump on a T-bar to get into the Gondola. Ich liebe Niederau. |
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Shrek, I know that you are fairly new to J2, by now you may have realised a good source of Niederau daily webcam views are to be found on:
http://www.auhof.co.uk/webcam.asp The Enzian is below the Auhof, so your views will have some similarity. |
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This seems a very restricted choice. Is there a reason?
If you start of with your criteria, you might get more positive pointers. |
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