If you’re not sick to death of pictures of J. and I frolicking in the breathtakingly gorgeous outdoors, you can take a look at the new photos I added snow days album (here) from our day out on Sunday, during which we went snowshoeing AND skiing, both. We are learning a lot about taking pictures …
Feet of snow outside my front door: 4Feet of snow up in the mountains: 16People trapped at the Planneralm resort: 500Helicopters used to evacuate them to the base next to our house: 17Level (from 1-5) avalanche alert for the last 48 hours: 5Cows killed in yesterday’s local avalanche: 6Barns destroyed: 1Pairs of snowshoes parked by …
Pictures from the day after a snowstorm in Austria, February 2nd, 2005. Join us for a walk here.
It’s not quite a white out because I can still see the edge of the apartment block closest to us, but the one just beyond it is gone. I can see the fence in front of our building, but the trees behind the fence are fading to gray. The snowplow woke me up this morning …
Yesterday we spent the day wandering around Graz. You can join us on our tour here.
Folks have been asking me this: just how cold is it in Austria in deep winter? Well, this morning, it’s -14C, that’s 8F, for those of you in the Fahrenheit zone. Yesterday afternoon we went for a walk and when we got to J’s mom’s house, the thermometer was reading -5C. As the numbers go, …